SAVE NYC GHOST BIKES! Today!!

Has someone you care about been remembered with a ghost bike?  Do you find this approach to increasing awareness and respect on the streets effective and sensitive?  Do you think it is important to remember those we have lost on unsafe streets?  Do you think this project has affected your experience as a cyclist or pedestrian in New York?

Here’s your chance to keep that going.  The Department of Sanitation is threatening to consider ghost bikes as “derelict bikes” that may be subject to removal.  If you’ve ever appreciated the work of the Street Memorial Project, consider returning the favor by speaking out, submitting your comments, telling your friends and loved ones, and attending the upcoming hearing.

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