{"id":447,"date":"2010-05-18T11:47:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2010-05-18T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:55:58","slug":"the-ride-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"The Ride of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join us for a slow-paced, silent bike ride in memorial of cyclists killed or injured by cars on our roadways. \u00a0This is one of more than 300 rides taking place all over the world at 7pm on Wednesday May 19th. \u00a0This ride will also peacefully remind drivers that they share the road with cyclists and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Gather at 6:45pm on Wednesday May 19th at 975 Central Park Avenue <\/strong>(Midway Shopping Center Parking Lot- near Panera)<\/p>\n

We will ride up Central Ave at 7pm. \u00a0The 9 mile route will pass the site where Pearson was hit in 2006 and continue up to Rt 119, passing the Ghost Bike in Memorial of Merrill Cassell<\/a>. \u00a0Merrill Cassell was a cycling advocate who was tragically killed by a bus in November 2009.<\/p>\n

Find a Ride of Silence in your area: US<\/a> — International<\/a><\/p>\n

More information about the Ride of Silence: rideofsilence.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Ride of Silence Poem
\nby Mike Murgas
\nTonight we number many but ride as one
\nIn honor of those not with us, friends, mothers, fathers, sisters, sons
\nWith helmets on tight and heads down low,
\nWe ride in silence, cautious and slow
\nThe wheels start spinning in the lead pack
\nBut tonight we ride and no one attacks
\nThe dark sunglasses cover our tears
\nRemembering those we held so dear
\nTonight’s ride is to make others aware
\nThe road is there for all to share
\nTo those not with us or by our side,
\nMay God be your partner on your final ride <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join us for a slow-paced, silent bike ride in memorial of cyclists killed or injured by cars on our roadways. \u00a0This is one of more than 300 rides taking place all over the world at 7pm on Wednesday May 19th. \u00a0This ride will also peacefully remind drivers that they share the road with cyclists and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,14,31,43,46,17,45,42],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-long-bike-back","tag-bicycle","tag-cycling","tag-julia-wrona","tag-memorial","tag-merrill-cassell","tag-pearson-constantino","tag-ride","tag-ride-of-silence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}