PITTSFIELD — At a roundtable discussion about road safety, Galen Mook suggested a reframing: look at traffic calming measures as an extension of civil rights.
Mook, executive director of MassBike, was speaking Wednesday at a World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims event at the Pittsfield Community Design Center on North Streeet. The discussion was part of a day of observance honoring all victims who have lost their lives in roadway crashes, including pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and motorcycle riders among others.
The event also included a vigil to honor the lives of the 13 Berkshire County residents who died this year in traffic crashes. Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Senior Transportation Planner Nicholas Russo read the names of the victims, including Michael DeMarsico, who died Sunday in a pedestrian collision in Adams.