Austin Michael Miller
Austin Michael Miller
Monday, February 11, 2008
Age: 15
Location:
Portland (Beaverton)
United States
Austin Miller's ghost bike has been removed.
Excerpts from Bike Portland:
The short life of Beaverton high school student Austin Michael Miller was ended when he was hit by a TriMet city bus at a busy intersection of Beaverton, which has been long known as very dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians.
A memorial was held soon after the crash at the intersection by bicycle advocates calling for safer passage. A ghost bike was placed at this intersection with the permission of the city of Beaverton.
Two years before his tragic death, Austin Miller attended a summer program to learn how to produce documentary films.
That program, Project Youth Doc, is run by Film Action Oregon. Now, in honor of Austin’s “inimitable spirit,” the organization has set up the Austin Miller Scholarship Fund.
In April, 2008 a Beaverton police investigation absolved the bus driver and said the collision was “unavoidable.” That report also found that Miller entered the roadway against a pedestrian traffic signal.
On June 15, 2008 about 35 people (including Miller’s family and classmates) attended a memorial ride in Beaverton. Performance bike shop presented Austin’s mom with a new bike for the ride and Austin’s brother Tyler rode the same bike Austin was riding on that fateful evening back in February.
Austin's mother has sued TriMet for $2 million, saying that the driver was “negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout for bicycle traffic.”
Monday, February 11, 2008
Age: 15
Location:
Portland (Beaverton)
United States
Austin Miller's ghost bike has been removed.
Excerpts from Bike Portland:
The short life of Beaverton high school student Austin Michael Miller was ended when he was hit by a TriMet city bus at a busy intersection of Beaverton, which has been long known as very dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians.
A memorial was held soon after the crash at the intersection by bicycle advocates calling for safer passage. A ghost bike was placed at this intersection with the permission of the city of Beaverton.
Two years before his tragic death, Austin Miller attended a summer program to learn how to produce documentary films.
That program, Project Youth Doc, is run by Film Action Oregon. Now, in honor of Austin’s “inimitable spirit,” the organization has set up the Austin Miller Scholarship Fund.
In April, 2008 a Beaverton police investigation absolved the bus driver and said the collision was “unavoidable.” That report also found that Miller entered the roadway against a pedestrian traffic signal.
On June 15, 2008 about 35 people (including Miller’s family and classmates) attended a memorial ride in Beaverton. Performance bike shop presented Austin’s mom with a new bike for the ride and Austin’s brother Tyler rode the same bike Austin was riding on that fateful evening back in February.
Austin's mother has sued TriMet for $2 million, saying that the driver was “negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout for bicycle traffic.”