Richmond is no stranger to fatal bike accidents – there were 13 in 2021 and 26 in 2022. The city has worked to expand bike lanes in their wake, and those who use them are just as interested in reminding drivers they’re there as well – and just in time for the holidays.
“It just really stuck with me as such a smart way to be cheerful and funny about it, but then kind of also have that better poke at like, ‘Wow, this is protected bike lanes.’,” local cyclist Emily Monroe told Radio IQ.
Monroe decorated the recently-installed bike lane bollards with ribbon and tinsel to help raise awareness. She borrowed the idea from a friend in Raleigh, North Carolina, and she got some help from other local bikers…