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These are a few featured articles about the Ghost Bike Project.
Roadside memorials recall deaths of bicyclists Ghost bikes left at sites of fatal crashes aim to remind drivers share road
(Albany)
Published: Nov, 7 2007
CLIFTON PARK -- A memorial to a bicyclist killed by a reckless driver was placed on the spot of the 2004 crash.
The memorial, a bent road bike painted in white, is known as a ghost bike, and it joins two other similar displays in the Capital Region.
The ghost bikes are part of a loosely organized national campaign to raise awareness about cycling safety, though the people who placed the bikes in the Capital Region are remaining anonymous.
The ghost bike in Clifton Park was placed to honor David Ryan, a 32-year-old researcher who worked at GE Global Research in Niskayuna.
Ghostly Reminders
Published: Jul, 26 2007
Along the Hudson River bike path in Manhattan, a gleaming white bike is chained to a street sign. Its tyres and brake-cables have been removed to deter vandals and colourful bunches of flowers have been stuffed between the spokes and around the pedals.
Above, a modest white plaque, neatly bolted on the post tells us why the bike is here. It's a memorial to the senseless loss of another young life.
Flowers Love and Rage
Published: Jan, 11 2007
They ranged in age from ten to 60, and they lived in every corner of the city, from St. Albans to Williamsburg, but all 14 of them have this in common: during 2006 they died while riding bicycles.
"Ride with us," announced Time's Up, a two-decade-old advocacy group, in their description of the 2nd Annual Bicyclist Memorial Ride this past Sunday. "Please bring flowers, love, and rage."
Heavy lifting as cyclists honor those killed on the road in ’06
Published: Jan, 10 2007
Bicycle solidarity was on eloquent display last Sunday as hundreds rode in the Second Annual Memorial Ride to honor the 14 riders killed on city streets last year.
Two separate rides started out early in the morning in Queens and the Bronx, stopping at a dozen sites before meeting up mid-afternoon in the Village. At each stop, friends and colleagues poignantly spoke of their loss in words usually reserved for close family members.
Risi Kondor, a computer science student at Columbia, rode even though he didn’t know any of the fallen cyclists.
In Defense of Ghost Bikes
Published: Jan, 9 2007
Aaron's piece questioning the memorialization of bike fatalities reminds us that cycle advocacy is rife with paradoxes. Drawing attention to cycling deaths and injuries can be powerful politically and symbolically but may also scare off would-be riders. Moreover, cycling is safer for all when there are more cyclists.
Manhattan: Memorial Bike Ride
Published: Jan, 8 2007
Cyclists gathered yesterday to honor those who died while riding their bicycles in 2006, visiting each of 14 sites where riders are known to have been killed.
After the journey ended in Downtown Manhattan next to the Memorial for Unknown Cyclists, speakers called for safer streets, harsher penalties for reckless motorists and improved crash reporting by city agencies. Cycling deaths reported in 2006 dropped by 10 from the year before, but organizers said they were concerned that the official tally might be inaccurate.
Journey's End
Published: Nov, 26 2006
YOU may have noticed scenes like these around the city. These photographs depict “ghost bikes,” memorials to bicyclists who have died in collisions with cars and trucks on New York streets.
Ghost bikes are typically old bicycles painted white and placed where bicyclists have died. Plaques identify the dead. The memorials are the work of Time’s Up!, an advocacy group, and Visual Resistance, a group of Brooklyn artists and activists. Inspired by similar campaigns in St. Louis and Pittsburgh, the two organizations have erected more than 20 such memorials.
Ghost Riders: 21 Cyclists Killed Last Year in NYC
Published: Jan, 9 2006
Their deaths seem so sadly ignoble. Crushed by a garbage carter. Plowed under by an ice cream delivery truck. Slammed from behind by a speeding SUV.
Twenty-one cyclists were killed in traffic accidents in New York City in 2005, up from 15 in 2004, and 13 in 2003. That made 2005 the most deadly year for bicyclists since 1999, when a record 35 died.
Yet rather than going after dangerous drivers, the NYPD spends its time spying on bike activists and sending undercovers to infiltrate Critical Mass rides and vigils for dead cyclists.
On Roads Where They Fell, Bicyclists Are Remembered
Published: Jun, 26 2005
The day after Andrew Ross Morgan was killed when his bicycle and a furniture truck collided at a Manhattan intersection, a bouquet of lilies stood nearby in a metal coffee can; a scrap of paper on a lamppost bore his name and the abbreviation R.I.P. Soon, those memorials were joined by another.
Roadside Displays Focus On Plight Of Bicyclists
Published: Nov, 17 2003
Bicycling enthusiasts locked 15 mangled bikes to street lamps and sign posts in the area where riders were struck by cars.
When Patrick Van Der Tuin saw another cyclist hit by a vehicle while riding in a bike lane on Holly Hills Boulevard a few weeks ago, it was the final straw.
These are a few featured articles about the Ghost Bike Project.
Roadside memorials recall deaths of bicyclists Ghost bikes left at sites of fatal crashes aim to remind drivers share road
CLIFTON PARK -- A memorial to a bicyclist killed by a reckless driver was placed on the spot of the 2004 crash.
The memorial, a bent road bike painted in white, is known as a ghost bike, and it joins two other similar displays in the Capital Region.
The ghost bikes are part of a loosely organized national campaign to raise awareness about cycling safety, though the people who placed the bikes in the Capital Region are remaining anonymous.
The ghost bike in Clifton Park was placed to honor David Ryan, a 32-year-old researcher who worked at GE Global Research in Niskayuna.
Ghostly Reminders
Published: Jul, 26 2007Along the Hudson River bike path in Manhattan, a gleaming white bike is chained to a street sign. Its tyres and brake-cables have been removed to deter vandals and colourful bunches of flowers have been stuffed between the spokes and around the pedals.
Above, a modest white plaque, neatly bolted on the post tells us why the bike is here. It's a memorial to the senseless loss of another young life.
Flowers Love and Rage
Published: Jan, 11 2007They ranged in age from ten to 60, and they lived in every corner of the city, from St. Albans to Williamsburg, but all 14 of them have this in common: during 2006 they died while riding bicycles.
"Ride with us," announced Time's Up, a two-decade-old advocacy group, in their description of the 2nd Annual Bicyclist Memorial Ride this past Sunday. "Please bring flowers, love, and rage."
Heavy lifting as cyclists honor those killed on the road in ’06
Published: Jan, 10 2007Bicycle solidarity was on eloquent display last Sunday as hundreds rode in the Second Annual Memorial Ride to honor the 14 riders killed on city streets last year.
Two separate rides started out early in the morning in Queens and the Bronx, stopping at a dozen sites before meeting up mid-afternoon in the Village. At each stop, friends and colleagues poignantly spoke of their loss in words usually reserved for close family members.
Risi Kondor, a computer science student at Columbia, rode even though he didn’t know any of the fallen cyclists.
In Defense of Ghost Bikes
Published: Jan, 9 2007Aaron's piece questioning the memorialization of bike fatalities reminds us that cycle advocacy is rife with paradoxes. Drawing attention to cycling deaths and injuries can be powerful politically and symbolically but may also scare off would-be riders. Moreover, cycling is safer for all when there are more cyclists.
Manhattan: Memorial Bike Ride
Published: Jan, 8 2007Cyclists gathered yesterday to honor those who died while riding their bicycles in 2006, visiting each of 14 sites where riders are known to have been killed.
After the journey ended in Downtown Manhattan next to the Memorial for Unknown Cyclists, speakers called for safer streets, harsher penalties for reckless motorists and improved crash reporting by city agencies. Cycling deaths reported in 2006 dropped by 10 from the year before, but organizers said they were concerned that the official tally might be inaccurate.
Journey's End
Published: Nov, 26 2006YOU may have noticed scenes like these around the city. These photographs depict “ghost bikes,” memorials to bicyclists who have died in collisions with cars and trucks on New York streets.
Ghost bikes are typically old bicycles painted white and placed where bicyclists have died. Plaques identify the dead. The memorials are the work of Time’s Up!, an advocacy group, and Visual Resistance, a group of Brooklyn artists and activists. Inspired by similar campaigns in St. Louis and Pittsburgh, the two organizations have erected more than 20 such memorials.
Ghost Riders: 21 Cyclists Killed Last Year in NYC
Published: Jan, 9 2006Their deaths seem so sadly ignoble. Crushed by a garbage carter. Plowed under by an ice cream delivery truck. Slammed from behind by a speeding SUV.
Twenty-one cyclists were killed in traffic accidents in New York City in 2005, up from 15 in 2004, and 13 in 2003. That made 2005 the most deadly year for bicyclists since 1999, when a record 35 died.
Yet rather than going after dangerous drivers, the NYPD spends its time spying on bike activists and sending undercovers to infiltrate Critical Mass rides and vigils for dead cyclists.
On Roads Where They Fell, Bicyclists Are Remembered
Published: Jun, 26 2005The day after Andrew Ross Morgan was killed when his bicycle and a furniture truck collided at a Manhattan intersection, a bouquet of lilies stood nearby in a metal coffee can; a scrap of paper on a lamppost bore his name and the abbreviation R.I.P. Soon, those memorials were joined by another.
Roadside Displays Focus On Plight Of Bicyclists
Published: Nov, 17 2003Bicycling enthusiasts locked 15 mangled bikes to street lamps and sign posts in the area where riders were struck by cars.
When Patrick Van Der Tuin saw another cyclist hit by a vehicle while riding in a bike lane on Holly Hills Boulevard a few weeks ago, it was the final straw.