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Memorial Bike Ride for Cycling Fatalities
January 9th, 2006

A bicycle memorial ride was held yesterday to draw attention to cyclists killed by motorists. The ride, which was organized by Times-Up, a “direct-action environmental group,” and Visual Resistance, a Brooklyn-based arts collective, visited memorial sites across the city marked with “ghost bikes” – bikes painted white and chained to a nearby signpost.

BikeBlog says, “We ride to HONOR those who have been injured or killed. We ride to RAISE AWARENESS that we are here. We ride to ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD. ”

The Five Borough Bike Club has an outline on their Web site that lays out a plan to make biking in the city safer.

Jake, at the Gothamist, says, fatalities could be reduced if more motorists used “common sense”, bikers took more responsibility, and the city government enforced traffic laws, ticketed cars that block bike lanes, created more bike lanes, and kept a database of all bike accidents so dangerous spots could be identified and fixed.

One reader wonders if there is a contradiction between this post by Jake, on bicycle safety, and a previous post showing a video of cyclists racing dangerously through traffic. The comments on this earlier post are generally not positive.

The New York Sun has a front page photo of the ride, and Sarah Ferguson, on the Village Voice blog, has an article full of great links about the ride. Ferguson’s piece takes a larger look at the bicyling community, and the issues that affect it.

By Mike Muller on January 9, 2006, 7:05 pm
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