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These are a few featured articles about the Ghost Bike Project.
It's not ghost bikes that put people off cycling
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Published: Nov, 15 2011
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
Published: Oct, 6 2011
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
(Seattle)
Published: Sep, 25 2011
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.
Seattle bike deaths spur safety questions, highlight funding woes
(Seattle)
Published: Sep, 14 2011
A trio of Seattle bike deaths has spurred questions on bike safety in
a city known for its two-wheeling mayor, while highlighting a struggle
to fulfill an ambitious plan to make biking safer in Seattle.
The recent deaths have shaken many bicyclists.
"This summer has been a shocker for a lot of us," said John Mauro, a
director at the Cascade Bicycle Club. He said there's also been a high
number of bike fatalities statewide.
"But even one is too much."
Hayat Pedaller
(Ankara)
Published: Aug, 27 2011
Ankara
Hayalet pedallar
Fatih TEKECİ
27.08.2011
Işık ihlali yapan bir sürücünün çarpması
sonucu hayatını kaybeden bisiklet tutkunu Mustafa Onur Karaca için
yakınları bisikleti beyaza boyayarak kazanan yaşandığı noktada yer alan
direğe zincirledi.
BAŞKENT Ankara'da ışık ihlali yapan bir
sürücünün çarpması sonucu hayatını kaybeden bisiklet tutkunu Mustafa
'Ghost bikes' mark Lee County fatalities Their source a mystery, their mission awareness
Published: Jun, 6 2011
A memorial for a bicyclist killed on 4/17/2011 at the Bonita Springs city limits. / Photos by Mike Braun/news-press.com
Ghost bikes make a fitting memorial in London
(London)
Published: Apr, 14 2011
It is late
afternoon at Dalston Junction. Traffic is rumbling past, anxious
commuters peeling left and right at the wonky crossroads, bikes
skittering across the Tarmac, pedestrians perched impatiently on the
kerb.
Everyone is in a hurry.
A car rolls up to the
crossing in the right-hand lane, and makes a sudden decision to hop
lanes and turn left - too late to clock the cyclist on his inside - and
suddenly there is a screech of tyres, a bang as the cyclist hits the
car, and a hail of abuse.
Ghost Bikes: Rough memorials honor cyclists killed while riding
Published: Dec, 1 2010
Tony Tye/Post-Gazette
This ghost bike was placed at the
Friendly ‘ghost’! Bike memorials now appear safe from city trashing
Published: Aug, 30 2010
Those all-white memorial bikes scattered across the borough may have a
new lease on life, after talks between “ghost bike” supporters and the
city appear to have led to a compromise that would spare the memorials
from new rules designed to rid the streets of “derelict” two-wheelers.
Sources told The Brooklyn Paper that the Department of Sanitation is
finalizing a new set of rules that would allow ghost bikes to be removed
by the police if they are so run-down that “they pose a danger to
pedestrians.”
City Could Make Memorial Ghost Bikes Vanish: Memorial bikes could go away under a plan to remove derelict bicycles
Published: Jun, 21 2010
Pour a little out for
the"Ghost bike."
These are a few featured articles about the Ghost Bike Project.
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
Published: Oct, 6 2011THEY 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.
Seattle bike deaths spur safety questions, highlight funding woes
A trio of Seattle bike deaths has spurred questions on bike safety in
a city known for its two-wheeling mayor, while highlighting a struggle
to fulfill an ambitious plan to make biking safer in Seattle.
The recent deaths have shaken many bicyclists.
"This summer has been a shocker for a lot of us," said John Mauro, a
director at the Cascade Bicycle Club. He said there's also been a high
number of bike fatalities statewide.
"But even one is too much."
Hayat Pedaller
Ankara
Hayalet pedallar
Fatih TEKECİ
27.08.2011
Işık ihlali yapan bir sürücünün çarpması
sonucu hayatını kaybeden bisiklet tutkunu Mustafa Onur Karaca için
yakınları bisikleti beyaza boyayarak kazanan yaşandığı noktada yer alan
direğe zincirledi.
BAŞKENT Ankara'da ışık ihlali yapan bir
sürücünün çarpması sonucu hayatını kaybeden bisiklet tutkunu Mustafa
'Ghost bikes' mark Lee County fatalities Their source a mystery, their mission awareness
Published: Jun, 6 2011A memorial for a bicyclist killed on 4/17/2011 at the Bonita Springs city limits. / Photos by Mike Braun/news-press.com
Ghost bikes make a fitting memorial in London
It is late
afternoon at Dalston Junction. Traffic is rumbling past, anxious
commuters peeling left and right at the wonky crossroads, bikes
skittering across the Tarmac, pedestrians perched impatiently on the
kerb.
Everyone is in a hurry.
A car rolls up to the
crossing in the right-hand lane, and makes a sudden decision to hop
lanes and turn left - too late to clock the cyclist on his inside - and
suddenly there is a screech of tyres, a bang as the cyclist hits the
car, and a hail of abuse.
Ghost Bikes: Rough memorials honor cyclists killed while riding
Published: Dec, 1 2010Tony Tye/Post-Gazette
This ghost bike was placed at the
Friendly ‘ghost’! Bike memorials now appear safe from city trashing
Published: Aug, 30 2010Those all-white memorial bikes scattered across the borough may have a
new lease on life, after talks between “ghost bike” supporters and the
city appear to have led to a compromise that would spare the memorials
from new rules designed to rid the streets of “derelict” two-wheelers.
Sources told The Brooklyn Paper that the Department of Sanitation is
finalizing a new set of rules that would allow ghost bikes to be removed
by the police if they are so run-down that “they pose a danger to
pedestrians.”
City Could Make Memorial Ghost Bikes Vanish: Memorial bikes could go away under a plan to remove derelict bicycles
Published: Jun, 21 2010Pour a little out for
the"Ghost bike."