1996 Time’s Up! pioneers the Street Memorial Project, commemorating cyclists and pedestrians killed by motorists.
- The Street Memorial Project creates silent but powerful memorials to draw attention to pedestrian and cyclist fatalities around the city through actions such as Stencil Memorials, Memorial Bike Rides, and candlelight vigils.
- In collaboration with Right of Way, Time’s Up! volunteers identify intersections around the city that are especially dangerous to cyclists and pedestrians.
- Captured by the media, these actions successfully raised public awareness on the need for improvements in the design of intersections, the creation of new bike lanes and motorist awareness campaigns, and harsher punishments for hit-and-run offenders. This project has been vital to increasing non-polluting transportation because it enables cyclists to feel safer utilizing shared roadways.
- The success of this project in New York City has inspired similar programs in other cities including Chicago and San Francisco.
- Later this project also took on “Ghost Memorials,” which are white bicycles placed in spots cyclists were killed by vehicles, now prevalent in cities nationwide.
GHOST BIKE MEMORIALS FOR 37 CYCLISTS KILLED IN 2005 – 2006(for a complete list of the New York City Ghost Bikes installed 2005-present and links to Ghost Bike Projects around the world go here) Photo © 2005 Fred Askew |
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In 2005-2006, “ghost bikes” — bicycles painted white with plaques placed above them to recognize deceased cyclists — have been installed in New York City by members of Time’s Up! and Visual Resistance. The NYC Street Memorial Project now installs ghost bikes in NYC and maintains the website www.ghostbikes.org. which includes ghost bike projects throughout the world. The memorials are intended to honor cyclists killed on New York’s streets and to remind drivers to use caution and be aware of bicycles. | |
GHOST BIKE MEMORIALS FOR 13 CYCLISTS KILLED IN 2006Donna Goodson, 41, June 5, 2006, hit by dump truck
Dr. Carl Nacht, 56, June 22, 2006, hit by NYPD tow truck. Died of his injuries on June 26, 2006.
Derek Lake, 23, June 26, 2006, hit by tractor trailer
Darran Lewis, 20, August 10, 2006, hit by truck
Jonathan Neese, 34, August 12, 2006, hit by motor vehicle
Shamar Porter, 10, August 5, 2006, hit by minivan as he biked home from a Little League victory
Keith Powell, 34, August 20, 2006, killed by a hit & run driver in a stolen car
Jose Mora, 11, September 4, 2006, hit by motor vehicle
Reginald Chan, 60, September 18, 2006, hit by truck
Frank Simpson, 60, November 9, 2006, struck and killed by car
Jamel Lewis, 21, November 30, 2006, struck and killed by sanitation truck
Eric Ng, 22, December 1, 2006, struck and killed by drunken driver
Anonymous cyclist, December 14, 2006, struck and killed by a car
GHOST BIKE MEMORIALS FOR 24 CYCLISTS KILLED IN 2005Chaim Goldberg, 24, January 3, 2005, hit by school bus
Jerome Allen, 40, April 26, 2005, hit by SUV
Brandie Bailey, 21, May 8, 2005, hit & run by truck
Elizabeth Padilla, 28, June 9, 2005, run over by truck
Andrew Ross Morgan, 25, June 22, 2005, hit by truck
Keith Alexander, 41, July 11, 2005, hit wall avoiding child
Jen Shao, 65, Sept. 16, 2005, hit & run by private bus
Liz Byrne, 45, Sept. 23, 2005, hit by a Budget Rental vehicle
Andre Anderson, 14, Sept. 24, 2005, hit by SUV
Miguel Molina, 48, Oct. 20, 2005, hit & run by motor vehicle
Eulene Bryant, 57, Oct. 29, 2005, hit by motor vehicle
Angel Quizphi, 24, Oct. 29, 2005, hit by drunk driver
12 Unnamed Cyclists, killed on bicycles in NYC Houston Street & Lafayette Avenue, Manhattan |
Photo © 2005 Fred Askew Photo: Peter Meitzler Photo: Tod Seelie Photo © 2005 Fred Askew Photo: Jym Dyer |
Photo: Tomas Melchor |
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