After drivers killed one teen on a bike, and critically injured another, on Long Avenue in Portage Park, it's now a safer Neighborhood Greenway - Streetsblog Chicago
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In October 2023, a sedan driver struck and killed Josh Anleu, 16, as he biked through the intersection of Waveland (3700 N.) and Long (5400 W.) avenues in the Portage Park community. At a ceremony that November to install a “ghost bike” memorial at the site, his mother Karen Buendia tearfully told the crowd, “If we,…
  • Cosmoooooooo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    6 months ago

    Nothing changes until an innocent is violently murdered. Yet, there’s no protected bike lane, it’s just “Good luck, we painted a sign on the road!”