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Around the Corner of Loss

The corner of McGuinness and Kent, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has
undergone a minor face-lift in the seven years since my aunt Liz was
struck and killed there. The Budget Rental Center that occupied the east
corner is now an Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and there’s a new BP service
station across the street from it, in what used to be a vacant lot. You
can no longer park on the east side of McGuinness, because the gas
station’s driveway flows out into the street there. Seven years ago,
before the gas station, a row of parked trucks lined the curb, and it is

Rides in Five Boroughs Call Attention to Bike Safety

Advocates for cyclists and pedestrians fanned out
across the city Sunday, visiting accident sites and petitioning city
leaders to do more to make the streets safe.

Ghost bikes warn of London's deadly streets

MEMORIAL: A "ghost bike" stands
as tribute to London bicycle courier Henry Warwick killed in a
collision. Picture: BRITTA CAMPION
Source: The Advertiser

Cyclists plan blockade of deadly junction

Protesters plan to block one of London's busiest junctions today to
highlight their anger at a 60 per cent rise in cycling deaths in the
capital in two years.

Animita para un ciclista

Hay quienes dicen que es imposible echar de menos Nueva York,
porque la ciudad que alguna vez conociste o visitaste, rápidamente deja
de existir. Los edificios cambian de dueño,
se pone de moda una esquina y deja de estar otra, se inauguran
restaurantes todas las semanas y, en apariencia, los barrios se
transforman constantemente. Pero hay cosas que permanecen iguales, aun
ante la exigente novedad que implica la vorágine del capitalismo.

Burnside Avenue To Get Safety Review By State DOT

By MELISSA TRAYNOR, mtraynor@courant.com
The Hartford Courant

2:10 p.m. EST, December 31, 2011

EAST HARTFORD - -

Burnside Avenue - the scene of crashes that took
the lives of three bicyclists in a recent 18-month period - is up for
review by the state Department of Transportation for possible
infrastructure changes to improve safety.

'Ghost Bikes': Moving Memorials And A Warning To Drivers

Tony Cherolis, an avid bicyclist and bike blogger
(beatbikeblog.blogspot.com) who lives in East Hartford, was appalled and
upset last month when the third cyclist in 18 months was killed by a
car on Burnside Avenue. He and some friends, including longtime activist
Ken Krayeske, hit upon an unusual gesture that serves as both a
memorial and a warning.

They created what they call "ghost bicycles" by painting old bicycles
completely white, added signs reading "Cyclist Killed Here" and placed

It's not ghost bikes that put people off cycling

The death of another cyclist on 11 November brings to 15 the number of cyclists killed in London so far this year, eight involving HGVs or tipper trucks, and two deaths in the past three weeks at the Bow roundabout
in east London, now a cycle superhighway. Last week you reported on

Call for ghost bikes to be left alone

THEY were erected in memory of cyclists who are forever gone, and a
push is under way to have Melbourne's ghost bikes spared the same fate.

White-painted bicycles have been left anonymously beside
roads in more than 100 locations across the world over the past decade,
to honour cyclists who were killed and to remind others of the dangers
riders face.

Here ghost bikes have upset some, as authorities have removed most of Melbourne's memorials in response to public complaints.

Seattle Cyclists Hold Memorial Ride for the Fallen

Following Saturday's "Moving Planet Seattle" rally, a group of nearly
a hundred cyclists rode through South Lake Union and up to the
University District, past the memorials commemorating the recent deaths
of three Seattle-area cyclists.

You were supposed to show up at the Moving Planet Seattle rally in
some colorful form of non-automotive transportation. Bicycles were the
most popular choice: Several hundred bikes were in Lake Union Park when I
arrived.