In Canton, a spontaneous wake for Scunny
by Louie Krauss, Baltimore Brew...
Along with McCusker’s friends and customers, several bicycle advocates showed up to pay their respects to a fellow cyclist and to promote safer driving and the construction of more bike-friendly roads.
Chris Merriam, of BikeMore, spoke about the problems that streets solely intended for cars pose for bike riders and pedestrians.
“I know that road he was on,” Merriam. “It’s designed to be almost like an interstate. The lights are timed so cars can easily get to 60 mph.”
Elswyth Strassberger, another Baltimore cycling advocate, said the many pedestrian deaths on the Coastal Highway are evidence of how dangerous it is.
This year a 22-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl died in vehicle-pedestrian accidents.
Merriam called on government planners to do more to safeguard cyclists and pedestrians.
“There’s a connection between this man dying and the design of the roads,” he said.
“It’s not just, ‘Oh, we wish cars were more respectful of bicyclists.’ There is something we can do about it.”
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