BP Adams led memorial bike ride to honor cyclists recently killed in crashes
Adams Demands Safer Streets for All Brooklynites
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams led about 50 community residents and cycling advocates on a bike ride on Sunday to honor two cyclists recently killed in crashes and to demand enforcement of the traffic laws that could have saved their lives.
The route started at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Sterling Place in Park Slope, where 33-year-old James Gregg was killed in a collision with an 18-wheel tractor trailer on Wednesday, April 20, and continued to the intersection of Classon and Lexington avenues in Clinton Hill, where 34-year-old Lauren Davis was killed on Friday, April 15, by a turning car. The driver who collided with Gregg was issued five summonses that included driving a truck on a street that was not a designated truck route; neither he nor the driver who crashed into Davis have been charged with a crime.
Before the ride, Adams called on the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) and the NYPD to expand enforcement of the citywide 25 miles per hour speed limit and other traffic laws that prevent trucks from driving on most residential streets. He added that the NYPD should avoid speculation about the cause of a crash until a full investigation has been completed to prevent the assumption that the cyclist was necessarily at fault.