Pick one of the following Bicycling Deaths–search for information beyond the links I give.\u00a0 Be prepared to talk about:
\n1. How did it happen?\u00a0 What could have prevented it?\u00a0 Was there fault involved?
\n2.\u00a0 How was it reported?\u00a0 (What language was used?\u00a0 Did the language normalize the event? What words were used to describe it?)
\n3.\u00a0 How was it memorialized?
\n4.\u00a0 Did anything change afterwards?
\nBe prepared to talk about your case in class!\u00a0 You are free to find and research another case, but again, but prepared to talk about it in class.\u00a0 (It would be interested to look at cases of people of other races, ethnicities or ages and see if they get different public responses.)<\/p>\n
Anita Kurmann (Boston, August 7, 2015) Post your findings on this Padlet<\/a> Sarah Langenkamp, Bethesda, MD, August 25, 2022 Matt Simpson, Durham July 10, 2022 8 Year Old Child in Texas, Sept. 26, 2022 Obianuju Osuegbu,<\/a> Georgia, August 2020 Various Deaths in Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n Death of Johnny Gadreau Death of Barbara Friedes in Philadelphia
\nReporting in Boston Globe<\/a>
\nThe Death of Anita Kurmann<\/a>,\u00a0 (video–extremely disturbing)<\/a>
\nWhat Happens When you Kill a Bicyclist, Boston Magazine, May 2018<\/a>
\nPeter Furth, “Change the Safety Culture:\u00a0 Prosecute the Truck Driver Who Killed Anita Kurmann,”\u00a0 January 28, 2018<\/a>
\nPerspective of a Trucker (from Reddit)<\/a>
\nThis Intersection Three Years Later on Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSurvey–Should the Truck Driver have been prosecuted?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWashington Post Article\u00a0<\/a>
\nGofundMe<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBike Durham<\/a>
\nCBS 17 News Story<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCycling Magazine\u00a0<\/a>
\nDan Kois, “Why is a Neighborhood Street ‘Unsafe for Pedestrians or People Riding Bikes,'”\u00a0\u00a0Slate\u00a0<\/em>September 29, 2022\u00a0<\/a>
\nReport on Bike Deaths in Houston<\/a><\/p>\n
\n“Drugged Out Driver Kills Cyclist with Impunity,”\u00a0 Bruce Hagen, bikelaw<\/a><\/p>\n
\nColumbus-Blue-Jackets-star-Johnny-Gaudreau-brother-killed-after-being-struck-by-vehicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 30, 2024 <\/a>
\nSalem, a NJ Cycling Destination, Grapples with Safety Issues, Philadelphia Inqurier, September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAfter a Horrific Crash Kills a Cyclist… Philadelphia Inquirer, July 18, 2024<\/a>
\nBail Set at Clost to $1Million for Driver Charged, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 2024<\/a>
\nPhiladelphia Proposes Concrete Separation for Bike Lanes, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n