NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — St. Claude Avenue has become an all-too-familiar street for traffic fatalities.
In two weeks, two bicyclists were hit and killed on St. Claude within blocks of each other. One of the victims was Michael Milam, who had just moved to New Orleans.
“I didn’t know Michael, but, you know, he was a brother. He was a brother on the road to me,” said Clark Thompson with New Orleans Ghost Bikes.
New Orleans advocates push for bike safety following bicyclist’s death
Family and friends gathered along St. Claude Avenue and Alvar Street on Saturday morning to install a ghost bike in honor of him in the spot where he was struck.
“Unfortunately, until the city makes it or the city and the state make changes on this roadway, the percentages are that we’re going to see more ghost bikes until they make a change,” said Thompson…