Alexa Gomberg says her life can be separated into two parts: before and after the tragic death of her lifelong friend, Minh-Thi Nguyen , a cyclist who was fatally struck by a truck in Cambridge in June 2024.

“I was not aware of anything to do with the Massachusetts legislature on transportation or any local politics before Minh-Thi was killed,” Gomberg, a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said. “Now I see it all very differently.”

In the months that followed, Gomberg turned her grief into activism. She co-founded Families for Safe Streets Massachusetts and is an organizer for Ride for Your Life Boston.

The initiative is partnering with several other bike safety advocacy groups to organize a series of events for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic V

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