Community members and loved ones mourned two recent cyclist deaths at a vigil Monday.
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tonight a vigil in memory of a cyclist hit and killed in Cambridge on Friday morning it marks the second cyclist death in the city just this month our NBC T Michael Rosenfield joining us from Cambridge with reaction from those there tonight Michael Priscilla the general consensus out here is that a lot more work needs to be done to make these streets safer here in Cambridge for bicyclist tonight the community came together here outside City Hall to remember the two women who were killed this month while riding their bikes 24-year-old Min nuan being remembered as a brilliant graduate student at MIT who studied physics and brought joy to so many people she was constantly planning the next ski trip dinner party or weekend getaway and these were always overflowing with friends she was killed in a crash Friday morning she was riding a bicycle near Kendall Square when she was hit by a box truck I think the support of you all here is perfect reflection of the deep community that she sought to build she had a boundless generosity of her time it was the second fatal incident this month 55-year-old Kim Staley who is visiting from Florida was killed in a very similar crash at a different Cambridge intersection we are gathered here to ensure that those closest to M and to Kim know that they do not grieve alone the community came together Monday afternoon outside City Hall to remember the two women and to call for change bicycle safety Advocates have been been pushing for added safety measures on city streets including more bike lanes and traffic lights for bicycles Cambridge is one of the best cities for cycling in America but that is a really really low bar and as they’ve implemented more and more bike Lanes there are more and more cyclists because people come here thinking that they can live a life without a car you can get around safely on a bicycle and it just isn’t true the Cambridge City Council recently voted to delay implementing a slate of added protections for bicyclists on three of cambridge’s busy streets but several City Council Members say that’s the wrong way to go we have to understand that modes of transportation are changing we have to be more compassionate more patient we have to slow down as for the two crashes the truck drivers did remain on the scene no charges have been filed in either accident we’re live in Cambridge tonight Michael Rosenfield NBC 10 Boston