City Paper: Protesters Rebuke Mayor Bowser, Demand Safer Streets, As Traffic Deaths Continue to…
In a strange twist, Jay Leno rode though the bike lane in front of the rally in his fancy pants car. WTF, Jay?!
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Dave Salovesh
Washington Post: ‘It’s absolutely unacceptable’: Protesters demand safer streets in D.C.
Traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington came to a halt for a few moments midday Friday as demonstrators called for safer streets in the nation’s capital, in the wake of a string of collisions that claimed the lives of three…
DCist: Fed Up With Traffic Deaths, Advocates Lie Down On Pennsylvania Avenue
For eight minutes—a minute for each person killed in a traffic crash since the year began—hundreds of safety advocates blocked one of the city’s main thoroughfares.
City Paper: The Long Journey of Dave Salovesh’s White Ghost Bike
D.C. has a track record of failing to make streets safer after motorists kill cyclists and pedestrians. Will the death of an uncompromising bicycle advocate be any different?
DCist: ‘It’s, Frankly, Personal’: D.C.’s Cycling Community Ramps Up Activism After Longtime…
When Rachel Maisler planned her first memorial ride—to honor Jeff Long, a 36-year-old cyclist who was killed by the driver of a truck making a right-hand turn last year—she sought out Dave Salovesh.
WTOP: At vigil for fallen DC bicyclist, activists call for safer streets for bikers
On Sunday, members of the D.C. cycling community gathered at the site where an outspoken D.C. bike advocate lost his life in a crash Friday to hold a vigil and place a “ghost bike” to symbolize the fallen biker.
WUSA9: Painting a ‘ghost bike’ for DC cycling activist who was hit and killed
A makeshift memorial has already popped up at the crash site.
Brian McEntee in City Paper: Dave Salovesh, 1965-2019
The champion of safe biking died on his bike. He was my friend and fellow advocate, and I’ll never be the same.
WTOP: Police: Driver of stolen van hit, killed biking advocate in DC
A longtime bike advocate was killed while riding in D.C. Friday morning in what police said was a crash involving a stolen van.
Washington Post: Bicycle activist killed on bike in crash with allegedly stolen van in the District
A bicyclist was fatally struck Friday morning by a stolen van whose driver had fled an attempt by D.C. police to stop him in Northeast Washington, according to a statement from the department.
Curbed: Driver fatally strikes beloved bike advocate in Northeast, marking first 2019 D.C. cyclist…
A beloved D.C. bike advocate was struck and killed by a driver while cycling Friday morning near the H Street NE corridor, according to police. The death is the year’s first cyclist fatality in the District, which has pledged to eliminate…
DCist: Cyclist Killed In Northeast Was A Longtime Bike Advocate Who ‘Lived And Breathed Making The…
A longtime D.C. bike advocate was struck and killed by the driver of a stolen van in Trinidad on Friday morning.