On Feb. 12, more than 100 people — city officials, residents and transportation experts — gathered at Roosevelt Middle School to discuss how Eugene could make its transportation network safer.
The meeting’s discussion was spurred by the death of University of Oregon student Erick Munene Njue, who died after he was hit by a vehicle last month at Patterson Street and 22nd Avenue, a 5-minute walk from the meeting’s location.
Njue’s death marks the third in a string of Eugene cyclist deaths amid a growing number of traffic crashes on Eugene city streets. The Eugene Police Department recorded 55 collisions last year, up from 37 the previous year, according to police spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin…