Rally for Safe Streets in Remembrance of Brett Badin and Michael Gamboa

Join Action Committee for Transit, Friends of White Flint, Twinbrook Community Assoctiation, WABA, the Rockville Pedestrian Advisory Committee and the Rockville Bicycle Advisory Committee for a memorial and rally for safe streets in remembrance of Brett Badin and Michael Gamboa, two men killed along Rockville Pike earlier this month.

The memorial will be held on Saturday, February 8 at 12:45 PM near the IHOP restauraant (775 Rockville Pike). This is the location near where Brett was killed.This portion of the event should last approximately one hour. Bret’s family, friends, and members of the community will be invited to speak about his life and call for greater safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers along 355 in and around our city. You can learn more about him and his life here. https://www.mymcmedia.org/man-killed-crossing-rockville-pike-was-special-olympics-athlete/

The memorial and rally will then move south to Federal Plaza, near where Michael Gamboa died. The second part of the event will begin at 2:15 PM. Attendees are welcome to walk, drive, bicycle, or take the bus from one location to the other.

A convoy of bicyclists will gather on the west side of the Rockville Metro Station at 12:15 PM and ride to the memorial.

Event Timeline

12:45 pm Memorial for
BRETT BADIN, in front of
IHOP, 775 Rockville Pike

Group BIKE ride: meet at
Rockville Metro at 12:15 pm

2:15 pm Memorial for
MICHAEL GAMBOA, on
Rockville Pike at Federal
Plaza

Group WALK between
memorials (1.8 miles)

Group BUS ride between
memorials: RideOn 46