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4 Cyclists were killed this week! Enough!
/ Son 4 ciclistas muertos en una semana!!! Basta ya!!!!

Esté Jueves 18 de febrero 2010, a las 7 de la noche, en Av. México y

Chapultepec, nos daremos cita para ir a instalar 4 Bicis Blancas habrá una
rueda de prensa y la idea es hacer 4 contingentes lo más nutridos posible
para que el evento tenga mayor impacto, su asistencia es muy importante.

Basta ya!!!! exijamos respeto a los y las ciclistas. Ojalá puedan asistir
la mayoria de los ciclistas que acuden a los paseos.

Son 4 ciclistas muertos en una semana!!! Los lugares donde fallecieron
son:

En Felipe Angeles y Francisco de Ayza. Juan Carlos Tovar Cárdenas.50
años.http://www.informador.com.mx/jalisco/2010/177803/6/consignado-chofer-de-autobus-que-arrollo-a-primera-victima-mortal.htm
En Cruz del Sur y Urdaneta.
http://www.oem.com.mx/eloccidental/notas/n1512865.htm
En Ciprés y Roble. Sergio Arturo Romo Orozco.
En Av Las Torres y Sauce. Guillermo Martínez Torres. 9 años.

From: The Facebook event page of Bicicleta Blanca

En Felipe Angeles y Francisco de Ayza. Juan Carlos Tovar Cárdenas.50 años.
http://www.informador.com.mx/jalisco/2010/177803/6/consignado-chofer-de-autobus-que-arrollo-a-primera-victima-mortal.htm

En Cruz del Sur y Urdaneta.
http://www.oem.com.mx/eloccidental/notas/n1512865.htm

En Cipres y Roble. Sergio Arturo Romo Orozco.

En Av Las Torres y Sauce. Guillermo Martínez Torres. 9 años.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=303459947899&id=100000095957266

Posted on Midnight RideAzz

(ride 1) at 8pm Friday

(ride 2) at 8am Saturday

Please join us in celebrating the life of our good family member, friend, and co-worker Gustavo Ramirez.

Meet at Lincoln Park in Long Beach. Corner of Pacific Ave and W. 1st St. in downtown Long Beach 
(for either or both rides)

The ride will meet at 8:00pm leave promptly at 8:30pm.

Please bring a front and rear light as the route will be on city streets.

Warm clothes are encouraged since it will be at night and near the ocean.

Helmets are strongly encouraged.

All traffic laws will be observed.

There may be riders that are not as experienced as others, so
please bring along extra patches, tubes, etc. and be prepared to help
those less experienced than yourself.

The ride route will approximate a favorite ride of Gustavo's.
We will stop at the memorial and then finish his ride home to Belmont
Shore and stop there for a moment. After that, we will ride back to the
start.

The ride is mostly flat and the pace will be slow to medium with no rider left behind.

We will be stopping at the memorial for Gustavo for an
indefinite time, so there will be a chance to say something if you
would like.

The meeting point for the ride is across the street from the
Metro Blue Line Transit Mall station. If you plan on driving there is
paid parking at Lincoln Park. If you do not plan on riding, but would
like to meet when the ride stops at the ghostcycle, there is parking at
Shoreline Village. The ride will take about 30 minutes from the start
to arrive at that point.

Here is the link to the route map.

There is also a separate ride on Saturday the 16th at 8am. Some
family and people close to Gustavo expressed concern about riding at
night and preferred to ride during the daytime. Everyone is welcome to
attend either ride or both. The routes will be similar,but the Friday
ride will be longer. The family will definitely be at the memorial for
the Saturday ride.

More plans for remembering Gustavo were reported in the Contra Costa Times

The Fifth Annual Memorial Ride will be one ride, which will converge with the Memorial Walk and proceed together to a gathering of riders, walkers, family and friends.

Scheduled meetups and stops are subject to change:

Manhattan: 10:00am meet @ w145st & Convent Ave

• 10:25 Juan Espinoza-Navarrete - w133 st & Amsterdam
• meetup - 11:00 Central Park South @ 7th ave.

Queens: 11:30am meet @ Queensboro Bridge

• 11:55 Pablo Pasarán - 21st st. & 35th ave.
• 12:25 James Langergaard - Queens blvd & 69th st
• 1:35  Stephen Hoadnett - Hillside & Jamaica

Brooklyn: 3:00pm meet @ Grand Army Plaza

• 3:25 Unnamed - 5th ave and Dean
• 3:35 Julian Miller - Greene & Washington
• 3:55 Dan Valle - Williamsburg Bridge 
• 4:10 Eliseo Martinez - Moore & Bushwick
• 4:25 Aurelio Perez - Morgan & Harrison
• 4:40 Solange Raulston- Nassau & McGuinness

Ride/Walk Convergence: 4:45pm  @ Manhattan Ave & Milton

• 4:55 Violetta Kryzak -  India & Manhattan
• 5:05 Unnamed Cyclists & Pedestrians Killed in 2009

Gathering of family, friends, cyclists and pedestrians - 5:10pm Greenpoint Reformed Church - 136 Milton  (btwn Franklin and Manhattan)

ride/walk updates @ www.ghostbikes.org & (day of ride) twitter.com/nyc_streetmem

Questions? contact the NYC Street Memorial Project

From the blog Miami Bike Scene

Friday, November 27th @ 6:30pm

Government Center
101 NW First St
Downtown Miami

This month we have a very special Critical Mass
ride planned. We will be riding north on Biscayne Blvd towards Miami
Shores & surrounding areas. The ride will be passing through
Downtown, Edgewater, Design District, Little Haiti, Upper East Side and
Miami Shores. 20 miles total.

This ride will be dedicated to the memory of Rodolfo Rojo, a 17 y/o who was killed by a speeding car
on October 30th, 2009. Rodolfo was planning on attending his first
Critical Mass (Halloween) on the date the tragedy took place.
Unfortunately this young man's life was cut short by a careless driver.
Please join us on this memorial ride where we'll be stopping by the
scene of the accident, a ghost bike
will be placed for Rodolfo at this location. My sincere condolences to
his mother Claudia Fernandez and siblings who will be joining us on the
ride.

Invite all your friends with bicycles. This is a night ride so please bring lights for safety!

Family and friends will dedicate a Ghost Bike in honor of Eliseo Guzman Martinez this Sunday afternoon at the location of his fatal crash.

Everyone is invited to come together with them
to mourn his loss and celebrate his life. 

Please bring flowers, candles and love.

Here's the link to a Facebook memorial page for Eliseo

A new ghost bike will be installed in Mexico City, everyone is welcome to attend the dedication.

On October 17, 2009 Craig's friends and family will gather at Hope Lounge (10 Hope Street between Roebling and Havemeyer) for a fundraising party commemorating Craig's life, and to celebrate the joy he brought to everyone who knew him. Craig was known by most for his roaring laugh, contagious smile and outrageous dancing that kept us all entertained.

To kick off the night, a fundraising raffle will take place. Tickets will be available for purchase both at the venue and in advance at craigmurphey.com/raffle for $5 or $20 for 5. Local boutiques, bars, restaurants, artists and musicians have donated prizes ranging in value from $20 to $300 to the raffle. A percentage of the bar's earnings for the night and the entire profit from the raffle tickets will be donated to NYCCAH’s Craig Murphey Fellowship Fund. Our goal is to raise as much as we can to contribute to the funding of next year's Craig Murphey Fellow who will be working directly on anti-hunger efforts with the NYC Coalition Against Hunger (www.nyccah.org). The more we raise, the more good work can be done.

There will also be a hummus cook off from 6-9pm, in honor of one of Craig's favorite foods. Local chefs will enter their best hummus recipe, which will be judged by partygoers who buy a $5 tasting card (all proceeds going to the Fellowship Fund). The winning chef receives a $50 gift certificate to Whisk (whisknyc.com), with runners-up receiving iPhone cases.

This year's donors include:

-Bushwick Country Club: $200 gift certificate (http://www.bushwickcountryclub.com/)
-Sel de Mer: Dinner for 2 (http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/sel-de-mer/)
-Mesa Coyoacan: Dinner for 2 (http://mesacoyoacan.com/)
-Roberta's: Gift Certificate (http://robertaspizza.com/ )
-M Shanghai: $40 gift certificate (http://mshanghaiden.com/)
-M Noodle Shop: $40 gift certificate
-Brooklyn Bowl: 2 hours of bowling (http://www.brooklynbowl.com/)
-Jimmy's no. 43: gift certificate (http://www.jimmysno43.com/)
-Taco Chulo: gift certificate (http://tacochulo.com/)
-The Double Windsor: $50 bar tab (http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-double-windsor-brooklyn)
- Lodge - gift certificate - (http://www.lodgenyc.com/)
- Lulu's - $50 gift certificate - (http://www.yelp.com/biz/alligator-lounge-ii-brooklyn)

-Whisk: $50 Gift Certificate (http://www.whisknyc.com/)
-Miano Viel Salon: Cut and color - $200-$300 value (http://mianoviel.com/)
-CCS: Complete skateboard signed by Corey Duffel w/ Ruckus Trucks + Foundation Wheels (http://www.ccs.com/)
-Shoe Market: $50 gift certificate (http://www.shoemarketnyc.com/)
-Mini mini market: $50 gift certificate (http://miniminimarket.myshopify.com/)
-UVA wines: gift certificate (http://uvawines.com/)
-Converse courtesy of Jelly NYC: $50 gift certificate (http://www.converse.com/)
-Pop: $20 gift certificate (http://www.shoppop.com/)
-Ott: $50 gift certificate (http://www.otteny.com/)

-Colbert Ropert - tickets to taping + gift package (http://www.colbertnation.com/home)
-A-morir by Kerin Rose: pair of gold Rayban sunglasses (http://www.a-morir.com/)
-Mishka: TBA (http://www.mishkanyc.com/)
-Fool's Gold: TBA (http://www.foolsgoldrecs.com/blog/)
-Mad Decent: TBA (http://maddecent.com/blog/)
-Abhyasa Yoga Center: 1 week unlimited card (http://abhyasayogacenter.com/)
-Sue Smith: 1 private yoga lesson (http://www.suesmithyoga.com/)

-Slice Magazine: Bundle of issues + 1 year subscription (http://www.slicemagazine.org/)
-Inked Magazine: 1 year subscription + t-shirt (http://www.inkedmag.com/)
-Gigantic Records: record pack (http://www.giganticmusic.com/)
-Tell all your friends PR: record pack (http://www.tellallyourfriendspr.com/artists/)
-The Weight + Colonel Records: record/merch pack (http://www.colonelrecords.com/)
-Discovery Channel: Discovery Channel DVD pack (http://dsc.discovery.com/)

-Chuck Donoghue: 1 hour of tattooing - $200 value (http://www.myspace.com/chuckdtattoos)
-Andy Perez: Print (http://smallcrimes.wordpress.com/)
-Bryan Derballa: Photo Print (http://lovebryan.com/)
-Elizabeth Weinberg: Photo Print (http://www.elizabethweinberg.com/)
-Adam Collison: Print (http://www.adamcollison.com/)
-Lauren Denitzio: 8.5" x 11’ Print (http://www.blackandredeye.com/project/143)
-Karen Pugliese of The Clay Studio: lot of handmade pottery (http://www.theclaystudio.org/)

craigmurpheyraffle@gmail.com

www.craigmurphey.com

T.A. Rides for James on Queens Boulevard

This past August, a young cyclist and a beloved T.A. volunteer, James Langergaard, was struck and killed by a car at Queens Boulevard and 69th Street.

This Friday, T.A. will be holding a special Queens Boulevard Bike Pool ride in honor of James.  Please come out and join us to help send a strong message to the community that these casualties of the Boulevard will not be forgotten, and that our work to prevent future tragedies is ever-increasing. The ride will pause at the site of James' crash to dedicate his ghost bike.

Where: Ride meets at the Queens foot of the Queensboro Bridge bike/pedestrian path (Queens Plaza North at Crescent Street in Long Island City), ride ends in Forest Hills

When: Friday, October 2--Riders depart at 6:30 pm

Monthly bike commuter pools on Queens Boulevard are led by T.A.'s Queens Committee to provide cyclists with a safe ride home, and build support for protected space for cyclists on the borough's most iconic roadway.

It is a short, slow ride and every rider's presence will have a significant impact.

Ghost Bike Installation and Dedication in Memory of Julian Miller

Family and friends will dedicate a Ghost Bike in honor of Julian Miller this Sunday afternoon at the location of his fatal crash.

Everyone is invited to come together with them
to mourn his loss and celebrate his life. 

Please bring flowers, candles and love.

More information on Julian and Ajile, who also died in the crash is here

A memorial Ghost Bike will be place at the intersection of North Maryland Avenue and East Lafayette Street this Sunday, 8/9, a bit after 6:00 PM, to remember John R. Yates, who was killed by a truck at this site.  All are welcome.  The ghost bike is currently at Velocipede… but all involved consider this a gesture from the bicycling community and the larger Baltimore community, not from a single group.

More information can be found here.