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Pittsburgh officials have tried for years to make streets safer for cyclists by installing bike lanes protected by parked cars. Those efforts recently hit a snag after Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a road safety bill because of an amendment added to it. After cyclist and University of Pittsburgh staffer Susan
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'We're devastated': Ride of Silence participants remember cyclists killed
Alex George details the emotional ride in the memory of cyclists who lost their lives
CENTER CITY - A special bike ride Wednesday night in memory of victims of bike accidents. Those who took part want to see some changes.
Julian Angelucci killed while riding his bike near 10th and Shunk Streets in South Philadelphia. He was 10-years-old.
Jamal Morris, a Drexel grad and engineer. He was killed on 45th and Market Streets while biking.
Emily Fredricks, a Philadelphia pastry chef who was riding to work and was killed by a sanitation truck.
CP file photo: Theo Schwarz A ghost bike memorial in 2015 marking the spot on Forbes Avenue where cyclist Susan Hicks was killed. On Oct. 23, 2015, Susan Hicks was riding her bike in Oakland the exact way Pennsylvania law required her to: as if she were driving a car. Back then, the configuration on Forbes Avenue was not friendly to cyclists, and Hicks, a 34-year-old University of Pittsburgh educator, pulled her bike behind an SUV and waited for a left-turn signal at a red light at Bigelow Boulevard. Then, a speeding driver slammed into a car behind her, causing a chain reaction that resulted in her death.