To commemorate traffic death victims and discuss safety plans, over 100 people gathered at Rosetta Place Park on Wednesday morning, just a few blocks from where a car struck and killed a biker, David Winston Morris, earlier this month.
Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson spoke about the progress already made on street safety, while emphasizing a need for more work.
“While we have 220 miles of on-street bike lanes and eight miles of protected bikeways, 64 miles of shared use paths, and 70 miles of neighborhood greenways, five pedestrian bicycle bridges over our beautiful Willamette River, we’re just getting started,” she said. “This is the work of the past 50 years. This next 50 years can be even more impactful for our community.”…