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What: Memorial ride for cyclist killed at Eglinton and Braemar
When: May 29, 2008 – 9:00 am (followed by a memorial from 9:45 am – 10:15am)
Where: The ride meets at Bloor and Spadina, followed by the memorial at Eglinton and Braemar (just west of Avenue Road)
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5 comments
Does this person have a name? Or is that not important? Memorials are there to remember a person’s life, in all its fullness, and it would be a shame to use someone’s tragic death for political purposes.
Hi Maureen,
The name of the deceased cyclist was not released on the request of his family.
Where can these elegant bicycle racks be found?
The carnage caused by car-centred society IS political. I remember our memorial march (in the winter cold up the mountain) and commemorations for the 14 women killed here by a violent misogynist at Polytechnique.
Our urban-ecologist, velorutionary organisation Le Monde à  Bicyclette often held silent vigils where cyclists had been killed by motor vehicles. Of course the person’s name and life story was central to the event – unless, of course, those closest to her or him did not want the name revealed.
The deaths, environmental devestation and social anomie caused by car-centred development and the suburban wasteland it creates – and now, global warming – are the result of POLITICAL decisions made decades ago. It will take a POLITICAL will to develop societies centred on “soft” and public transport and with urban forms that promote their use.
Don’t mourn, organise! ¡Presente! L’auto: à §a pue, à §a tue et à §a pollue!
Michelle > these bike racks are on the west side of BMO Field at the CNE.