Friends and family members of the victims are calling for change after two lives were lost in a matter of weeks.
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WEIGHING IN AS WELL. SHAUN. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE IN MOURNING AFTER THE LATEST CRASH THAT KILLED A WOMAN HERE. AND FELLOW BICYCLISTS ARE CALLING FOR CHANGE. MINTU WAS KNOWN FOR KINDNESS, HER HUMILITY, HER BRILLIANCE. REPORTER A VIGIL AT CITY HALL IN CAMBRIDGE TO REMEMBER THE TWO LIVES LOST IN JUST A MATTER OF WEEKS. 24 YEAR OLD MIN T NGUYEN WAS KILLED WHILE RIDING HER BIKE TO MIT LAST FRIDAY. THE GRADUATE STUDENT WAS HIT BY A TRUCK TURNING OFF HAMPSHIRE STREET. HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUPPORTED BY THE CYCLING COMMUNITY. I THINK THE SUPPORT OF YOU ALL HERE IS THE PERFECT REFLECTION OF THE DEEP COMMUNITY THAT SHE SOUGHT TO BUILD AND TO EVERYONE LIVING IN CAMBRIDGE, I HOPE MINTY’S TRAVELING TRAGIC DEATH CAN BE A CALL TO ACTION SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, 55 YEAR OLD KIMBERLY STALEY FROM NAPLES, FLORIDA, WAS HIT BY A TRUCK NEAR HARVARD SQUARE BIKE ADVOCATES SAY WHILE THE CITY HAS DONE MUCH TO MAKE ROADS SAFER, MORE SHOULD BE DONE. JUST LAST MONTH, WE HAD A VOTE TO DELAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON THREE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS CAMBRIDGE STREET, BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET IN CAMBRIDGE. THOSE ARE HIGHLY TRAFFICKED, AND THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED JUST BY A BARE MAJORITY TO DELAY THOSE. AND WE REALLY WANT THEM TO ACCELERATE THEM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THESE TRAGEDIES. WHILE THOSE PROPOSE CHANGES WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED THESE LATEST DEATHS, ADVOCATES SAY STUDIES SHOW BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE INCREASED BIKE RIDERSHIP AND DECREASED ACCIDENTS. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THESE DEATHS SHOULD BE A CALL TO ACTION FOR EVERYONE. WE ARE DRIVING VEHICLES THAT CAN LITERALLY KILL SOMEONE AND WE GOT TO DO BETTER IN FACT, THE CITY COUNCILOR SAYS DEDICATED BIKE LANES LIKE THIS HAVE HELPED REDUCE ACCIDENTS BY 60%.