[sustran] Re: [WorldCityBike] FW: [Cities-for-Mobility] Solidarity Address with cyclists attacked at bike event in Brazil

[Cornie Huizenga]

Dear Sujit,

With respect to involvement of Porte Allegre, I am cc'ing Tony Lindau of the
EMBARQ Center in Porte Allegre. Maybe he can give an update of what
follow-up is being planned in Porte Allegre..

Cornie

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Sujit Patwardhan <patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
>
>
> There appears to be a lot of activity on this front as seen from emails
> that are coming in, including Carlos Pardo's that has a message in Spanish
> which I was able to understand thanks to Google Translate. This spontaneous
> decentralised response is good but for putting political pressure if someone
> in Porto Alegre could suggest a website/blog on which thousands of messages
> can be sent.
>
> I'm sure everyone, no matter in what part of the world they live, feel
> personally touched by this horrible and shocking tragedy/crime(?) and would
> like to do something to ensure this kind of insanity does not ever happen
> again.
>
> I feel this could bring enough pressure - so authorities will act and not
> let the driver get away with a mild reprimand. We know how clever lawyers
> can be.
>
> Perhaps I-CE or Carlos or a CSO in Porto Alegre can help set this up?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Sujit
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Cornie Huizenga <
> cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sujit,
>>
>> This is truley horrific.  I have also been thinking on what would be a
>> good manner to respond, in addition to ensuring that the guy who did is
>> actually apprehended.
>>
>> My thinking is that the people who were killed and injured were out on the
>> street because they were passionate about cycling and that they were trying
>> to make their voice heard.  Based on that I think that it is important to
>> give a face to the voices that were lost. What we could do is ask our
>> friends in Brazil to come up with short dignified presentation summarizing
>> who the victims were and what they stood for. Many of us have websites and
>> many us of organize conferences. We could run this presentations on our
>> websites and in our meetings to continue the campaign that they literally
>> died for.
>>
>> Cornie
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Sujit Patwardhan <
>> patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Eric,
>>>
>>> This is one of the most horrific videos I have seen and it makes my blood
>>> boil.
>>>
>>> Can we do more than just express our solidarity to the innocent victims
>>> of
>>> this deliberate murderous attack by the motorist?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sujit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM, eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > *Solidarity Address with cyclists attacked at bike event in Brazil*
>>> >
>>> > Cities for Mobility expresses its solidarity with the victims of a car
>>> > attack to cyclists which occurred during the critical mass bike
>>> > manifestation in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil on 25 February 2011.
>>> Our
>>> > thoughts are with the injured and their families. We wish them a fast
>>> > recovery.
>>> >
>>> > Link to the Video:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/51205/Driver-kill-cyclists-in-Critical-Mass-Porto-Alegre-Brazil/
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > The CFM Coordination Office
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > City of Stuttgart, Germany
>>> > Coordination Office Cities for Mobility
>>> > Mayor's Policy Office
>>> > Mobility Department
>>> > Rathaus, Marktplatz 1, 70173 Stuttgart
>>> >
>>> > Tel: +49 (0)711 216 - 85 01
>>> > Fax: +49 (0)711 216 - 61 05
>>> > E-Mail: cfm at stuttgart.de
>>> > Website: http://www.cities-for-mobility.org
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>> --
>> Cornie Huizenga
>> Joint Convener
>> Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
>> Mobile: +86 13901949332
>> cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org
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Cornie Huizenga
Joint Convener
Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
Mobile: +86 13901949332
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