Honoring the Victims: One Year of Placing Signs at Fatal Crash Sites in Portland

In a moving guest article for BikePortland, FSS member Sarah Risser shared her journey of placing signs at the sites of every deadly crash in the Portland, Oregon, creating a stark reminder of the human lives lost to the city’s dangerous streets. Through this project, Risser sought to bring visibility to the issue of road safety, hoping that the simple yet powerful act of placing signs would awaken the public to the severity of the situation. This project, however, was more than just a memorial. It became a call for change, urging people to reconsider the normalization of traffic deaths.