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The side- walks are tiny! My fi rst car was hit in our driveway. Sarah Negri Thornton I grew up in that area and saw so many ac- cidents at that intersection, which is fl ipping dangerous. Maybe put the memorial some- where else, and petition the city to turn that intersection into a roundabout. Then lower the speed limit 5 miles per hour. It might not work, but it will de-normalize the hundreds of fatalities that will continue to occur there. Michael Myers Wheat Ridge Thanks for the no-action, City and County of Denver, because clearly there are no issues with this intersection. Just like there are no issues with 13th or 14th avenues east of Colorado Boulevard. Todd Lewis Denver This is sadly so Denver….forty-plus years of the same thing happening over and over again. The second someone here wants to do something to stop it, we are either “too East Coast” or “too progressive.” Tony Sainte Denver The purpose of the ghost bike is to bring awareness that a person died at that location. 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