With summer looming ahead and gas prices continuing to surge, advocates fear that a busier than usual bike season could be a lethal one without better safeguards for cyclists.
A ghost bike memorial remains for Carla Aiello, a bicyclist who was struck and killed by a truck driver in 2019, in the 3800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on May 17, 2022, in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago. A hit-and-run driver killed bicyclist Nick Parlingayan on May 4 across Milwaukee from Carla Aiello's memorial.
“Every bike plan the city has ever put out has identified Milwaukee Avenue as a key route,” said Kyle Whitehead, managing director of public affairs for Active Transportation Alliance. “And the most recent bike plan that the city had, which was developed in 2012, called for protected bike lanes all along Milwaukee Avenue.
Avid cyclist Lena Reynolds Guerrero, 34, of Jefferson Park said she was “absolutely horrified” to see history repeat itself when Parlingayan was killed in the same spot on Milwaukee Avenue as Aiello.“It feels really personal because I take that route so often, living in Jefferson Park, and so that could have been me, right?” she said.Marien, 33, moved into Old Irving Park in 2017. Her house is one of 48 single-family homes that were completed that year in a complex along Milwaukee Avenue.
, crashing the whole window storefront lobby, police said. Since it happened before opening hours, no children or staff were present when the crash occurred.Marien said over the years her community has tried to persuade the various aldermen that have represented their neighborhood to make it safer for bikers and pedestrians.
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