Mission: To promote driving less so all may live more.
Last year, the young biker Magnus White was killed while training in Boulder County. This year his death was memorialized by over 3,000 bikes following a course that included the location of his demise:
While this post gives a personal perspective, the web site dedicated to work being done in honor of Magnus (and all bicyclists) provides information and opportunities for involvement for all who are concerned about auto-related deaths and injuries in this country. The site’s name, The White Line, echos both the last name of Magnus and the terrible consequences of crossing the white line on the shoulder of a roadway. (The site is worth visiting—the banner photograph of the white bike and the rainbow is remarkable, let alone the content.)
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The White Line’s valuable resources are a series of videos documenting Lives Worth Remembering. The first video, “Episode 1: Christian and Michelle Deaton” demonstrates the sensitivity and relevance with which this series focuses on the humanity of the victims.
The ~13 mile ride signified for the moment the triumph of self-propulsion. It moved slowly and with only one significant hill (up Folsom to the CU Campus), so that nearly anybody could participate. This participation included at least two penny farthings, along with some cargo bikes, e-bikes, countless road bikes, mountain bikes, cruisers, gravel bikes, and the bikes I didn’t notice.
Afterward, a ceremony included talks by Magnus’ parents, Michael and Jill, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, and others (listed in Boulder ReportingLab”).
For me (and likely thousands) the memorial ride was like a dream…imagine it, riding down Diagonal Highway, the wrong way, without a moment of worry!
