Join us tomorrow @ 10:30am for Ward5 Family Bike ride and post-ride holiday party. Photos with Santa on a bunch bike (so much better than a sleigh & flying reindeer), latkes, hot chocolate, cookie decorating, free helmets, Right Proper Beer to support @safestreetsdc.bsky.social and more!
Join us on Nov 19 11am-1pm to demand safe streets for all! We’ll be cleaning up our community, writing postcards, and rallying with Ride for Your Life to draw attention to the need for #SafeStreetsDC#WDOR2023
Full press release here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... /5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2023 Contact: Christy Kwan DCFamiliesForSafeStreets@gmail.com | (202) 642-9250 Community to install ghost bike at L Street NW & Connecticut Avenue NW in memory of...
This loss of life is unacceptable. We demand that the District government prioritize the implementation of traffic safety projects and enforce current regulations that could prevent future fatalities and serious injuries on District streets. /4
Nijad Huseynov was the 41st traffic fatality of the year. 2023 has already experienced the highest number of traffic fatalities in 16 years. /3
In the early morning hours of Oct. 17, Nijad Huseynov was hit by a driver while bicycling in DC. He died from his injuries four days later on Oct. 21. Nijad was a son, a friend, and a student, and he deserved the right to travel safely on DC streets. /2
Please join on Nov 1 @ 5:30pm at the corner of Connecticut Ave NW & L St NW for a Memorial Bike installation in memory of Nijad Huseynov. /1
Three DC-specific advocacy reminders! 1️⃣: Written testimony is still being accepted thru this Wed 10/18 for the recent hearing on 4 bills to address dangerous/ reckless driving. More info here: dcfamiliesforsafestreets.org/2023/10/05/d...
Technologies that make it safer for those outside a vehicle aren’t some pie-in-the-sky fantasy. They’re real, and it’s past time @NHTSAgov & @USDOT require them. Too many lives are on the line. Lives like Allie’s. 💗 www.bbc.com/news/busines...
New rules and tech could make cars safer for vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists.