By Brew Editors, Baltimore Brew
Bicyclists who generally use their bikes for transportation and pleasure turned them into vehicles for mourning and advocacy Sunday, as they gathered to remember fallen Baltimore cyclist Nathan Krasnopoler.
On the one-year-anniversary of the accident on a city bike lane that claimed the life of the 20-year-old, about a dozen cyclists toured Baltimore wearing orange vests that said “Nathan’s Ride.”
Their seven-mile memorial ride took them along Guilford Ave. designated as the city’s “bike boulevard,” and along Mount Royal Ave., where cycling advocates are pushing the city to resist pressure to kill a planned bike lane.
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“We hope to make Maryland roads safer,” Cohen said, reviewing the legislation the family has been promoting in the Maryland General Assembly.
The bills they’re pushing would require Maryland drivers to pass competency tests and would increase penalties for failure to remain on the scene of a serious accident.
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