Bicycle activists placed red cups along bike lanes this morning to honor Dave Salovesh, a Washington, DC bicyclist who died this week when a man in a stolen mini-van ran a red light and hit him.

Peter Cheung reports he placed a string of the cups along Mass. Ave. southbound past Melnea Cass Boulevard, because it heads into Dorchester, which he says is way underserved when it comes to bike lanes:

After 15 minutes, all my red paper cups were flattened by cars.

Don't worry, haters already lurching for the Add New Comment link: Cheung reports he picked up all the paper cups and recyled them.