Labor Day Ride of Silence focuses on Penn Ave fatalities

In response to the recent fatalities on Penn Avenue there will be a Ride of Silence on Monday, September 3, meeting in Schenley Plaza Oakland and focusing on Penn Avenue.

The Ride of Silence is meant to honor those cyclists injured or killed on public roadways, to raise awareness of cyclists on the road, to demonstrate responsible road sharing, and to show that cyclists are not going away.

• When: Monday, September 3, 7:00 AM. Gather at 6:45 AM morning
• Start location: Oakland – Schenley Plaza (next to Carnegie Library)

Ride rain or shine – if it’s important, let’s do it.

Check the WPW website for any last minute messages and for more details.

Route is 11 miles – Fifth to Penn Ave, right out Penn to Wilkinsburg, loop around the block in Wilkinsburg to reverse direction, Penn Ave to Main St in Bloomfield (just past Children’s Hospital), over the Bloomfield Bridge, left on Bigelow Blvd to start. View Route HERE

Chris Phelan organized the first Ride Of Silence in Dallas in 2003 after endurance cyclist Larry Schwartz was killed by a passing bus mirror on an empty road.

See the Ride of Silence website for more info and history of the ride.

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