“A community that Riley helped shape” cycled through Bridgeport to honor him and call for change.
“There's a 90% chance that there will be no bike lane on the street," Bike Grid Now organizer Nick Hunder said. "This is a very big city and there's room for all of us.”
from @kyrasenese.bsky.social
A crowd of people rode their bikes to honor Riley O’Neil, a champion of improving road safety who was doored and then fatally struck by a truck driver while biking over the weekend.
Riley O’Neil — who helped redesign roads to make them safer for pedestrians and cyclists in CDOT’s Complete Streets program — was killed on a part of Halsted lacking proper bike infrastructure, friends, advocates and a witness say.
"Painted bike lanes don't stop anything"
w/ @kwashburn.bsky.social
Riley O’Neil, 35, was riding his bike Friday afternoon when he was hit with a car door and sent into traffic where an oncoming semitruck hit him. He is at least the third cyclist killed by a driver th...
