A Year After
Ella Bandes’ Death, a Tribute to New Yorkers Killed in Crashes
On Sunday January 26th, neighborhood street safety
groups will mark the one-year anniversary since
23-year-old Ella Bandes was killed by an MTA bus. The vigil will pay tribute to
the approximately 286 New Yorkers killed in traffic crashes in 2013 and the 17
already been killed in 2014. Participants will express their support for Mayor de
Blasio’s Vision Zero agenda to eliminate road fatalities and serious
injuries with safer street design and better traffic enforcement.
WHAT: Candlelight
Vigil for Pedestrian Safety.
WHEN: Sunday January 26, 2014 at 4:30 PM
WHERE: At the intersection of Wycoff, Palmetto and Myrtle Avenues
(outside the Myrtle-Wyckoff subway station on the L line)
WHO:
Family and friends of New Yorkers killed in traffic crashes. Make Brooklyn
Safer, Make Queens Safer, Right of Way, Transportation Alternatives, Bay Ridge
Advocates Keeping Everyone Safe (BRAKES), Clinton Hell’s Kitchen Coalition for
Pedestrian Safety (CHEKPEDS), Park Slope Street Safety Partnership, Park Slope
Parents, Brooklyn Heights Association, International Buddhist Progressive Society
(IBPS) and Congresswoman Grace Meng.
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