Traffic law must also protect bicyclists

In memory of bicyclist Sarah Langenkamp of Bethesda, we must remember that streets serve multimodal transit including zero-emission bicycles, not only cars and trucks. Sarah was hit and killed Aug. 25, 2022, by a driver in a flatbed truck when cycling on protected bike lanes in Montgomery County. Though it is impossible to overlook the tragic deaths that have occurred when pedestrians and bicyclists are struck while in a crosswalk, getting hit and killed or severely injured by a vehicle when cycling on a bike lane never results in a jail sentence which may be incurred when hit on a crosswalk.