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Monday, August 8, 2005

Re: You know I love the ghost bikes

Posted by on August 8 at 14:03 PM

There’s a group in Manhattan that does memorialize pedestrians.

The group is not formally organized. “We’ve gone into different neighborhoods in the city and stenciled on the pavement and sidewalks,” he said. “It’s one standard image cut in the shape of a human body struck down and killed. Below it is the name of the person who was killed and the date when they were struck down and the words ‘Killed by an automobile.’ We’ve gone out about a dozen times for about 100 victims or sites.” the Daily News, via Transportation Alternatives

Sorry Sean, you’d have to be killed first. Standards are much higher in NYC.

(Incidentally, a bike-riding friend of mine recently ran into a pedestrian who’d stepped off the curb, right into her path. The pedestrian walked away unscathed before the cops arrivedhe’d been jaywalkingwhile my friend hit a telephone pole so hard she puked. And her back’s messed up. Apparently, pedestrians can be just as dangerous to bikers as autos.)