Latest Articles Tagged "ghost bikes"
Loved ones of cyclists and pedestrians killed by automobiles convened yesterday for the 10th Annual Ghost Bike Memorial Ride.
In 2013, 168 pedestrians and 12 cyclists were killed by automobiles in New York City.
"More cyclists were killed by drivers in Queens in 2012 than any other borough, yet amenities that protect cyclists and pedestrians are slow to arrive," says Leah Todd, one of the memorial's organizers.
While remembering the cyclists and pedestrians who were killed over the course of the past year, cyclists and pedestrians occasionally found their own lives endangered yesterday during the 7th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk.
This Sunday a ghost bike memorial will be installed outside the 90th Precinct Stationhouse Williamsburg, which has seen more cyclists killed than any other precinct in the city.
The Seventh Annual Memorial Ride and Walk will take place across all five boroughs to commemorate cyclists who have been killed on the streets of New York City in the past year.
The Ghost Bike memorial for Dr. Carl Henry Nacht Silversalty's Flickr
The orange bicycle DKNY.Com Guerilla marketing scheme, by Rollingrck at Flickr.
Eugenio Cidron, the man who killed bicyclist Eric Ng in 2006 after