Tag: memorial rides

September 26, 2022

Friday: Memorial ride for Robb Mason starts at City Hall

Family and friends of Robb Mason as well as advocates for safer streets will hold a memorial bike ride Friday from Seattle City Hall to the crosswalk near the Spokane Street Bridge where he was killed. The ride starts at 5:30 p.m. Someone driving a white or silver sedan struck and killed Robb as he…
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tagged: claudia mason, greg spotts, lower west seattle bridge, memorial rides, robert mason, seattle neighborhood greenways
May 14, 2021

Saturday: Memorial walk and ride for Mike Colmant near Seward Park

Mike Colmant was a father, grandfather, triathlete, and Deputy Director at Boeing Field. He was biking on Seward Park Ave S just north of Wilson Ave S when someone drove on the wrong side of the road and struck him, killing him before fleeing the scene. Police have not posted any updates in the case.…
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tagged: deaths, memorial rides, mike colmant, seattle neighborhood greenways
August 24, 2015

One year after Kung was killed, join a vigil and call for Vision Zero Friday

Traffic injuries and deaths are preventable, and we have the cure. We’ve already planned Seattle’s safe streets upgrades corridor-by-corridor and neighborhood-by-neighborhood. The city’s traffic engineers have studied proven best practices from in town and around the world. The city is essentially holding the traffic violence vaccine in its hands, but we’re still scared to take…
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tagged: 2nd ave, cascade bicycle club, memorial rides, memorial walks, move seattle, move seattle levy, sher kung
September 10, 2014

Mother of Caleb Shoop: ‘Our son’s death warrants a just outcome’

Tammy Shoop and her husband Ben have had to go through the worst that parents can experience: Their son Caleb was killed while biking in a Kenmore crosswalk in March. He was only 19. There will be a memorial walk for Caleb September 17, planned in part by Kirkland Greenways and Lake City Greenways. Meet…
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tagged: ben shoop, caleb shoop, kenmore, kirkland greenways, lake city greenways, memorial rides, tammy shoop
September 4, 2014

Kung died just ten days before a safer 2nd Ave + Memorial ride Friday

The death of Sher Kung on 2nd Ave has shaken up a lot of people whether they ride a bike or not. After all, so many people bike into downtown at the same time of day that it could have easily been anyone, and anyone’s loved one. You have a chance to honor her life…
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tagged: 2nd ave, deaths, downtown, memorial rides, sher kung