Beep rides for safer streets in wake of fatal Atlantic Avenue crash
Just one day after a man was killed while riding his bike past the Barclays Center, Borough President Eric Adams rode his own set of wheels from Borough Hall to the intersection of Fourth and Atlantic Avenues in an effort to show just how dangerous the stretch can be, as well as to raise awareness of a 60 percent spike in bicycle-related fatalities since the start of Vision Zero.
The Monday, July 13 accident which killed one and injured six, Adams said, is in no way the first to occur along the Atlantic Avenue thoroughfare.
“Three people lost their lives there in the last three years,” Adams told this paper, “so it is our desire to see some of the items that came out of DOT’s studies. . . Although we have seen a substantial decrease in pedestrian injuries and deaths [since the launch of Vision Zero], there has been a 60 percent increase in bicycle-related fatalities and vehicle accidents.”