December 2009
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This Sunday: 5th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk in... →
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“It’s a grim meme, but I’m glad it’s caught on. Awareness of...”
– Flickr user Qathi in reponse to photo of Bruce Rosar’s ghost bikes
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Ghost Bikes Film Project on Bike Intelligencer... →
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“No one pays attention anymore, it’s all about themselves and getting where...”
– posted in response to Gothamist article about Solange Raulston’s ghost bike, which was installed on December 20th 2009 at McGuinness Blvd and Nassau Blvd in Greenpoint, Brooklyn,
Ghost Bikes Film Project is on Kickstarter.com →
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Ghost Bike Goes Up At Dangerous Greenpoint... →
Today’s Gothamist article about Solange Raulston’s ghost bike installation.
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Second female cyclist in 24 hours killed in... →
(HGV stands for Heavy Goods Vehicle, and is how the Brits call cargo trucks over 3.5 tons in weight.)
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London paramedic's account of response to bike vs... →
Account from an ambulance paramedic in London who attended the scene where a bike was crushed to death by a truck. Warning: the account is somewhat graphic.
Interesting discussion in the comments section about helmets, as well as an account from another paramedic from Connecticut, US, involving a biker and a dump truck.
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'Bike to Work Week' gets grim start, CYCLIST DIES:...
(originally published by the Chicago Sun Times on June 11, 2008; article is apparently no longer available in the online archives of the Sun Times, but is available on ghostbikes.org)
by Kara Spak Staff Reporter kspak@suntimes.com
One bicyclist was dead and another injured two days into a week promoting safe bicycle commuting in the Chicago area.
A white bicycle on the 900 block of...
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“It’s estimated the number of cyclists on the road in the Chicago area has...”
– Leah Hope on WLS-TV News, via fnewsmagazine article Grave Reminders
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Cops: Feud between drivers led to killing of... →
jeffcagle:
A bicyclist was killed on the Northwest Side when he got caught in an altercation between two drivers who were ramming each other on West Diversey, authorities say.
Jepson Livingston was biking through Logan Square Tuesday, on his way to fill out job applications, when one of the vehicles — a van — suddenly veered into him in the 3800 block of West Diversey, according to police.
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Ethereal reminders of road's risks: Across...
(originally published by the Chicago Tribune on May, 22 2008; article is apparently no longer available in the online archives of the Tribune, but is available on ghostbikes.org)
by Chicago Tribune reporter Robert Mitchum
In the shadows beneath the overpass that runs above Logan Boulevard and Western Avenue, a spray-painted white bike is chained to a streetlight pole a few feet away from...
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“happy and sad at the same time. its a good thing to put out there though. for...”
– Flickr user faster panda kill kill, in response to photo of Isai Medina’s ghost bike at corner of Cortez Street and Western Avenue in Chicago
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Call For Action in Greenpoint Following DJ's Death →
In response to the death of 33-year-old DJ Solange Raulston, who was struck by a flatbed truck while on her bike in Greenpoint Sunday afternoon, Transportation Alternatives and Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) have released a statement calling for action.
Raulston was at the intersection of Nassau Avenue and McGuinness Boulevard when she was sideswiped (a ghost bike memorial is planned),...
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Active Transportation Alliance: Chicagoland's... →
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Darcy Allan Sheppard's Tragic + Unnecessary Death... →
Darcy Allan Sheppard was a bike courier who had an unfortunate altercation with Ontario’s former attorney-general Michael Bryant last night. On Bloor Street, just east of Avenue Road, something happened between the car-driving Bryant and bike-riding Sheppard that caused Sheppard to slam his backpack onto the car’s hood. What happened next was completely unnecessary, totally excessive...
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Courier vs. Car! →
Anyway, the whole thing quickly turned into a two-ring circus with all sorts of people sticking their causes to the event:
This morning, bikers got together in the spot where the courier died and staged a demonstration. Or protest. Or something. Some of them shouted out “murderer”, referring to Bryant, but made some strange remarks in a quieter voice (I was within earshot), “Yeah, if murderer...
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Victim's family wants 2nd driver charged in... →
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Cyclist Death in Chicago Ruled Homicide →
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“I remember seeing this memorial and just within the last few months, probably...”
– Flickr user desertglitter in response to photo of ghost bike in El Paso
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'Ghost bike' honors memory of hit-run victim →
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Brooklyn DJ Killed in Bike Accident →
This is terrible. From the NY Post:
A British-born Brooklyn DJ died yesterday when she was sideswiped by a truck as she rode her bike in Greenpoint. Solange Raulston, 33, known as DJ Reverend Soul, had been set to play a gig just hours after the noon tragedy.
This city still really sucks for cyclists. And while we all like the new bike lanes (except for the disappearing ones) let’s not...
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DJ killed on bike in Brooklyn →
A British-born Brooklyn DJ died yesterday when she was sideswiped by a truck as she rode her bike in Greenpoint.
Solange Raulston, 33, known as DJ Reverend Soul, had been set to play a gig just hours after the noon tragedy.
“She’s the life of the party, a real bright star,” said her heartbroken pal and fellow musician Jesse Graham. “She’s known as a dancer and a...
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For a Departed Daughter, a White Schwinn on a... →
By Jason Grant
from The New York Times, originally published: February 28, 2009
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Ghost Bikes and Childish Behavior →
Every urban cyclist has had, at some point during their cycling life, a rather unwelcome vision. People describe it differently, but the most prosaic say, “your life flashes before your eyes.” For cyclists, these flashes are concluded by the image of a plain white bicycle chained to a rusty lamp post or dented guard rail. These are “ghost bikes” – modest monuments to the people who’ve been killed...
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REMINDER: please help bring injured biker Gabe... →
only 4 more days left in the wicked ill MAIETTA Bike Raffle to raise money for the $20k med flight required to bring injured biker Gabe back home to the East coast for rehab.
donate, feel good, possibly win a wicked sweet custom bike frame.
for a raffle ticket, send a check made out to the GABE ALLEN FUND (mail to: Summer Allen, c/o Winterport Boot Shop, ATTN MAIETTA RAFFLE, 264 State Street,...
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Bike Lane Battle Following Bloomberg to Copenhagen →
Brooklyn cycling activists angry about the Bedford Avenue bike lane removal are in Copenhagen and waiting to confront Mayor Bloomberg when he arrives on Monday for the international climate change conference. Baruch Herzfeld, an Orthodox Jew who runs a South Williamsburg bike clubhouse, has emerged as the unofficial spokesperson for cyclists. During a phone conversation a few minutes ago, Herzfeld...
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“I ride my bike near every day. I drive when I have to. I must say that, whether...”
– (from user Cappy)
comments from the Lawrence Journal article on first ghost bike installation in the Lawrence, Kansas
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“Right now, the conversation that occurs in the realm of bicycle safety is in the...”
– Robert Orenstein, via Chicago Ghost Bikes
Take Action →
Here’s how to change laws, create an effective campaign or advocacy group, and make your community safer, more friendly - and more accountable - to cyclists.
by Christine Mattheis via http://www.bicycling.com
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Grave Reminders: Streetside Memorials Promote... →