Thursday, July 31, 2008

Ghost Bike for Johnny - Repost from BikeJax


Artist and certified good neighbor Matt Uhrig has a great blog over at BikeJax. He actively promotes bicycle culture here in Jacksonville. Just this week he and the kind folks at Zombie Bikes in Springfield have been pivotal in drawing some much-needed attention to cyclist safety vs. cars. Unfortunately, this uptick in awareness comes in the aftermath of the tragic death of cyclist Johnny Jones on Atlantic Boulevard. The good news is that the City responded quite rapidly to the negative press, and rushed to the scene to investigate the faulty crossing signal that may have contributed to Johnny's fatal collision.

Click through to BikeJax for the full story.

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