Archive for the 'ghostbikes' Category

Grant Davis ghost bike re-installed by ADOT

Posted by Erik on June 14th, 2010 filed in ghostbikes

I got an e-mail yesterday from D, the anonymous installer of the Grant Davis ghost bike. Readers may remember that back in March ADOT attempted to move the bike because it was in some kind of county right-of-way, but while doing so they accidentally damaged it. (The installer did his job well, in [...]

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Drake Okusaku ghost bike up on one-year anniversary of his death

Posted by Erik on May 29th, 2010 filed in fatality, ghostbikes

I just got this today from my friend S:
Hi Erik,
Just wondered if you could post info on the ghost bike I just got up for Drake
Okusako. Here’s a blip if you want to put it on the blog. Thanks – S
Yet another ghost bike is up to remind people to drive safely and [...]

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ADOT working to repair and replace Grant Davis’s ghostbike

Posted by Erik on March 4th, 2010 filed in ghostbikes

I got a call from the Arizona Department of Transportation today to alert me that they had removed the ghostbike that was anonymously installed for Grant Davis.
I appreciated that call a lot.
It seems the bike was inadvertently installed inside some kind of federally-mandated safety zone and ADOT was compelled to move it, but [...]

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Over 2000 cyclists join memorial ride for Florida cyclist killed by drunk driver

Posted by Erik on January 25th, 2010 filed in fatality, ghostbikes, hit and run, memorial

This story is awful in every way. (Link to story on Drunkcyclist, not always completely SFW). See more about the memorial ride here, including lots of photos.
–EBR

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AZ Daily Star weighs in on bike enforcement

The Arizona Daily Star has a depressing, simple-minded editorial about the Third Street bike enforcement that is occurring.
They say:
The recent, albeit limited, crackdown of cyclists who ignore the traffic rules of the road is a positive move, not because cyclists aren’t welcome in Tucson, but because our community is bicycle-friendly and keeping everyone safe is [...]

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One ghost bike taken, 22 more appear

Posted by Erik on September 10th, 2009 filed in ghostbikes

From Today’s Washington Post.
One Memorial Bike Taken From DuPont Circle, 22 More Appear
By Ashley Halsey III
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 10, 2009; 5:01 PM
Even in a city so thick with monuments that only tourists notice the big ones and pigeons get the rest, it was hard to miss the stark white bicycle chained to a [...]

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Charles Nystrom, one year later — come decorate the ghost bike

Posted by Erik on August 14th, 2009 filed in fatality, ghostbikes, memorial, upcoming bike related events

I received this from Charles Nystrom’s family:
Friday, August 14, marks one year since Chuck was killed. We want to remember this day by decorating his Ghost Bike so that drivers will see it and be reminded to share the road. We are gathering at 5:30pm. The bike is located at the west [...]

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Allen Johnson ghost bike installed

I was sent this photo today of a ghost bike that has appeared at the site where Allen Johnson was killed. I am told there still has been no citation issued to the driver, although she struck Johnson well within the bike lane.
–Erik Ryberg

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Faith Quick sentenced today in Charles Nystrom Fatality

As most of my readers know, Charles Nystrom was killed while riding his bicycle on Tanque Verde Road last year. He was a retired Air Force pilot, a bicyclist, father of two daughters, and was working as a school teacher at the time of his death.
I never met him, but he sounds [...]

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Patti Lopez ghost bike already vandalized, and already replaced

Posted by Erik on March 14th, 2009 filed in fatality, ghostbikes

I hate having to report on ghost bikes getting vandalized. But they do. The Jose Rincon ghost bike was repeatedly vandalized. A ghost bike we installed on Columbus and Grant for Peter Visconti III was completely removed, presumably by the local business owner (though we don’t know that).
Now according to an email [...]

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