Ghost Bike put up for Bronx cyclist
Transportation Alternative Concourse Ride holds vigil for the deceased
BY JASON COHEN
A month after Victorio Hilario
Guzman was killed by
a hit and run driver in the
Bronx, bike advocates put up a
memorial in his honor.
In October, Streetmemorials.
org and members of the 5
Boro Bike Club joined TABx
and dedicated a plaque and
Ghost Bike on the corner of
Grand Concourse and 180th
Street for Hilario-Guzman, 37.
A Ghost Bike is a street memorial
that is placed where a
cyclist has been slain in street
violence. Hilario-Guzman’s
brothers were at the vigil
and spoke of wanting justice
for him.
The family has been holding
an awareness rally every
Thursday at 5 p.m. at the corner
of the deadly crash. This
is the seventh cyclist killed
in the Bronx this year. There
were zero deaths in the Bronx
in 2019.
Former Bronx Chairperson
of Transportation
Alternatives Kevin Daloia
spoke about the need for safe
bike lanes.
“The NYC DOT needs to
push past the community
boards and make the Grand
Concourse safer for the tens of
thousands of people who live
and work along the most dangerous
street in the Bronx,”
Daloia said. “Citi Bike is here,
more people are driving and
many more people are fi nding
alternate ways to commute.
For the last few years,
Transportation Alternatives
has held a monthly bike ride
from 161th Street to Mosholu
Parkway as a protest to complete
the planned bike lanes
on the Grand Concourse.
“There are new medians
and better crossovers for cars
to get from the main travel
lanes to the service road, but
that is where the bike lanes
become dangerous. Also, the
bike lanes are inconsistent in
that for a short distance, they
are on the left side of the road,
and then shoot over to the
right side of the road.”
The 46th Precinct has set
up a digital sign asking for information
on the crash to call
CRIMESTOPPERS.com.
The Ghost Bike dedicated to Victorio Hilario- Guzman who was killed by a hit and run driver.
Photos courtesy of Transportation Alternatives Former Bronx Chairperson Kevin Daloia
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