Family members have identified the victim of Thursday morning’s homicide crash near Roxbury Crossing as Louisa Gag, a longtime street safety advocate and transportation planner at Boston’s City Hall.
Gag grew up in Roslindale and spent most of her career working for safer, healthier streets in the City of Boston. She spent six years as an advocate with the LivableStreets Alliance before joining city government in early 2022, just after Mayor Wu’s inauguration, to be a transportation planner with the Boston Transportation Department.
Moving into City Hall let her put into action some of the initiatives she had advocated for in the nonprofit sector…