"On Saturday morning - a day after hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest recent nationwide immigration enforcement - another protest gained momentum. Even if almost everyone in attendance laid on the ground stock still. Road safety advocates and others, led by the group Streets Are for Everyone (SAFE), gathered on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall for a "die-in" demonstration."
"Kevitt had been bicycling in Griffith Park with his wife in 2013 when he was hit by a car, pinned underneath it and dragged a quarter mile onto and along the 5 Freeway. The driver was never found. Kevitt not only survived but vowed to dedicate his life to road safety advocacy, founding SAFE in 2015. At that time, Eric Garcetti was mayor of L.A., a position he held until the end of 2022."
A die-in at Los Angeles City Hall honored 290 people who died in traffic incidents last year and demanded safer streets. Streets Are for Everyone (SAFE) led the demonstration to press the Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities by 2025. SAFE founder Damian Kevitt, who lost his right leg in a 2013 traffic collision, criticized the city for a 26% increase in traffic deaths since Vision Zero began. Volunteers displayed a sign reading "People are dying, City Hall is failing" and laid yellow roses to commemorate those lost to traffic violence. Kevitt expected about 100 attendees.
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