16 year old Josh Anleu’s family spoke at his ghost bike vigil on November 4, 2023 - even his 6 year old brother. And for the first time since we’ve been doing this, we were joined by the 30th Ward alder, Illinois state representative, and Illinois state senator.

A large part of Josh's identity was his pink bike - so his mom painted his ghost bike pink for him. Prior to painting the ghost bike, Josh’s family wrote notes to him that we sealed into the bike’s frame.

Josh was the second “606 Fixie Kid” to be killed in less than 2 years. Stats show less than 40% of teens 16-19 are even getting a drivers' license. Many of these kids are old enough to drive but they choose to bike instead. They need safe spaces.

For the folks not from Chicago, the “606 Fixie Kids” are teens from multiple schools who are hyper into riding bikes. They typically travel in packs by bike around the city and they hang out in the Damen St amphitheater of the “606” aka Bloomingdale Trail.

Not only do deaths involving bicyclists impact the victim's family and friends, but they also have a ripple effect in communities. We were joined at the vigil by the neighbor who witnessed a driver hit Josh. When police arrived, he was doing chest compressions on Josh trying to keep him alive.

Thank you to everyone who came out to show their support for Josh, his family and friends.

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