Please bring flowers or a candle and join our unofficial vigil bike ride for Louisa Gag on Friday July 10th:
- 5:45pm departs from Adams Park in Roslindale
- 6:00pm departs from upper South Street entrance to Forest Hills Station in Jamaica Plain
- ride on Southwest Corridor trail to our destination, the corner of Tremont and Parker St, where Louisa was killed by a driver on Thursday morning
- other riders will join us from other locations — see details on this Reddit BikeBoston thread
- If you do not ride a bike, you can join us by taking the Orange Line to Roxbury Crossing
Additional events in memory of Louisa Gag are being organized.
See StreetsBlogMass news story: Louisa Gag, Longtime Street Safety Advocate, Identified as Thursday’s Homicide Crash Victim
Read and Sign Open Letter to Mayor Wu
Open Letter and Call to Action organized by Boston Better Streets Coalition
Statement by Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition:
We are devastated by the loss of Boston resident and transportation planner, Louisa Gag. On Thursday morning, a driver struck and killed Louisa on her bicycle commute to city hall along Tremont Street near Roxbury Crossing.
Louisa is not just a number on a spreadsheet; she was a champion for safer streets, a vibrant part of the planning and advocacy community, and a person dedicated to fixing the very system that failed her.
Prior to joining the city of Boston’s Transportation Department, Louisa graduated with a masters from Tufts Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy program and worked at Livable Streets Alliance. Our hearts are with Louisa, her family, and all her colleagues and friends at BTD, UEP, and in the advocacy community.
Fatalities are a heartbreaking reminder of the safety gaps in our infrastructure. Inaction and needless delays have consequences. Changes must be made to dangerous streets before we lose a community member, not after. We need safer streets now.