University of Oregon students and other community members put up signs along several blocks of Patterson Street in Eugene, reminding motorists to slow down and be mindful of students, children and bicyclists along the stretch between 19th and 23rd avenues.
The group gathered Wednesday, May 27, to put out the 20 signs. Participants also saw an aspirational plan with drawings of potential improvements along the corridor compiled by students in LiveMove, a University of Oregon group that works on transportation and liveability projects for officials to consider.
The event came in the wake of the death of Erick Munene Njue, a 30-year-old doctoral candidate at UO and former high school teacher in Kenya. In January, Njue was riding his bicycle when he was killed in a collision with a vehicle at 22nd Avenue and Patterson Street…