#trafficviolence

Join us for this powerful ceremony remembering the victims of traffic violence in Connecticut. This year's event is taking place at Walnut Hill Park in New Britain. RSVP and share here.

Thanks to everyone who attended our March 15 walk audit around West River Memorial Park -- especially to Mayor Justin Elicker, Economic Development Administrator Michael Piscitelli, City Engineer Giovanni Zinn, and the other City officials who joined us. We are deeply committed to improving access to our open spaces and green spaces, not just for the benefit of the Peace Garden but also for West River Memorial Park across the boulevard, and for the safety of the families who will shortly be living at Curtis Cofield Estates and other families already living in the West River and Hill North communities.

2:33 on.soundcloud.com/gjUub Violence Reaction: A steep spike in Oakland, California car killings after the pandemic and the loss of the city's pandemic-era slow streets spurred the formation of The Traffic Violence Rapid Response Team. Seamus Garrity interviews George Spies and Carter Lavin, volunteers with the Team.

21:59 on.soundcloud.com/nW5By Lives Above All Else: Columbus, Ohio is on board for safer streets. Taylor Nichols interviews Maria Cantrell, Vision Zero Coordinator for Columbus, Ohio, Emma Kogge, Transportation Planner for the City, and Angie Shmitt, a transportation writer and planner based in Cleveland.

39:10 on.soundcloud.com/EjebM No Place Like Home: We look to places like the Netherlands for examples of safe biking infrastructure, but Inlander editor Nick Deshais has written an article that places Spokane, Washington among the great biking cities of the world. www.inlander.com/culture/the-futu…spokane-24647156 By Taylor Nichols.

A mother, a father, and a grandmother of young people killed by cars have used their experience to organize for safer streets.

Lizi Raman, Beverly Shelton, and Dr. Frank Cruz speak with Bike Talk hosts Lindsay Sturman and Galen Mook.

Lizi got a bike lane installed on the infamous "Boulevard of Death," Queens Boulevard in NYC. Lizi worked to transform Queens Boulevard into a "Boulevard of Life" after her son Asif was killed on his bike there. p2a.co/hHWt2A4

5 year old Zachary was killed by a car in a crosswalk in Berkeley, California. "Grandma" Beverly Shelton founded Families for Safe Streets Southern California, and her son, Dr. Frank Cruz, founded The Zachary Michael Cruz Foundation. www.facebook.com/zmcfoundation/?ref=page_internal

48:35-Lindsay's interview with Dutch traffic engineer Dick Van Veen www.dickvanveen.nl/en/