FSS Member gina lablanc successfully advocates to fix San Jose street where her son was killed in a crash

Families for Safe Streets member Gina LaBlanc returned to her son Kyle’s crash site for the first time since he lost his life there at the hands of a speeding tow truck driver in 2016. Joining Mayor Matt Mahan and city officials, Gina welcomed a $12.9M federal infrastructure grant to improve some of the city’s deadliest intersections, including Canoas Garden and Curtner Avenue, where Kyle and too many others in San Jose have been killed over the years. The money will help to build a protected intersection separating bikes from traffic, a new sidewalk to fill the section that is missing, and traffic signal improvements. Gina’s relentless advocacy in a community where over 60 people were killed by drivers in 2022 is a guiding light. Read more.