{"id":524,"date":"2013-03-05T21:55:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T21:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=524"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:20","slug":"ellen-fletcher-passes-away-but-her-powerful-efforts-for-cyclists-will-be-felt-forever-1-of-2-americas-pioneering-bike-activist-and-arguably-its-most-effective-succumbed-to-the-cancer-she-has","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/05\/ellen-fletcher-passes-away-but-her-powerful-efforts-for-cyclists-will-be-felt-forever-1-of-2-americas-pioneering-bike-activist-and-arguably-its-most-effective-succumbed-to-the-cancer-she-has\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Fletcher Passes Away but Her Powerful Efforts for Cyclists Will be Felt Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"posttitle_167982220\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #222222; font-weight: normal;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/celebrated_bike_activist_ellen_fletcher_stops_by_the_bus__hear_podcast-1-scaled500.jpg?resize=406%2C512\" alt=\"Celebrated_bike_activist_ellen_fletcher_stops_by_the_bus__hear_podcast-1\" width=\"406\" height=\"512\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>America&#8217;s pioneering bike activist and arguably it&#8217;s most effective, succumbed to the cancer she has been battling for the last several years yesterday. Ellen Fletcher whose podcast and Busycle bike boulevard gratitude ride you saw me remaster here \u00a0just a few days ago passed away yesterday (RIP 11-7-12). An amazing lady, Palo Alto is on the national bike radar as one of its bike friendliest cities due in large part to Ellen&#8217;s work. A modest woman and a World War II Holocaust survivor, she inspired a whole generation of bike activists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Indeed, I feel honored \u00a0to have been able to record a little bit of what has made her so great in this interview she gave to me:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-524-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/emma2.radio4all.net\/files\/pub\/archive\/09.01.05\/NBG@bikeroute.com\/1680-1-20050827-EllenFletcher8-28-05.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/emma2.radio4all.net\/files\/pub\/archive\/09.01.05\/NBG@bikeroute.com\/1680-1-20050827-EllenFletcher8-28-05.mp3\">http:\/\/emma2.radio4all.net\/files\/pub\/archive\/09.01.05\/NBG@bikeroute.com\/1680-1-20050827-EllenFletcher8-28-05.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Thanks Ellen for the example you set and for a life so well lived. The world is a better place because of your tireless work on behalf of cyclists everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/BusycleWestCoast\/EllenFletcherDay.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2007 Ellen Fletcher Bike Blvd Gratitude Ride<\/a><br \/>\nin Palo Alto, CA<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/ellenfletchereagleme-scaled500.jpg?resize=381%2C420\" alt=\"Ellenfletchereagleme\" width=\"381\" height=\"420\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/elllenfletcheronwilkiebr-scaled500.jpg?resize=320%2C299\" alt=\"Elllenfletcheronwilkiebr\" width=\"320\" height=\"299\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><em>Ellen taught me how to ride safe\u00a0and also basic bike maintenance during my\u00a08th grade gym class. \u00a0<\/em><em>She will be missed.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/11\/09\/max-chen-nbg-scout-san-francisco-metal-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Chen &#8211; Bike Art &amp;\u00a0Podcast<\/a> with NBG<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em>NBG Scout, Engineer, Blacksmith, Bike Artist<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/peninsula\/ci_21962730\/fletcher-former-palo-alto-council-member-dies-at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose Mercury Story<\/a><\/div>\n<div>IN depth with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paloaltoonline.com\/news\/show_story.php?id=27495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palo Alto Daily News<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America&#8217;s pioneering bike activist and arguably it&#8217;s most effective, succumbed to the cancer she has been battling for the last&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/05\/ellen-fletcher-passes-away-but-her-powerful-efforts-for-cyclists-will-be-felt-forever-1-of-2-americas-pioneering-bike-activist-and-arguably-its-most-effective-succumbed-to-the-cancer-she-has\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,7],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","hentry","category-palo-alto","category-podcast","tag-ellen-fletcher","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-8s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8839,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/12\/21\/palo-alto-ellen-fletcher-bike-blvd-audiovisual-tour\/","url_meta":{"origin":524,"position":0},"title":"Palo Alto Ellen Fletcher Bike Blvd Audio\/Visual Tour","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"December 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Ellen Fletcher RIP One of America's first results getting \u00a0bike activists Audio Tour -\u00a0 More\u00a0pictures and video of the bike blvd, see the Ellen Fletcher Gratitude Ride!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Palo Alto&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Palo Alto","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/palo-alto\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EllenFletcherDriving-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EllenFletcherDriving-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EllenFletcherDriving-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EllenFletcherDriving-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":643,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/04\/11\/hbgr-complete-palo-alto-proc-and-why-we-do-mayors-rides\/","url_meta":{"origin":524,"position":1},"title":"HBGR complete, Palo Alto Proc and Why we do Mayors&#8217; Rides","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"April 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"How America Can Bike and Grow Rich\" (HBGR) is complete!! 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