Ghost Cycling Around The World
We're not sure exactly what Ghost Cycle is. Is it a protest? Against what? Is it an awareness campaign? Possibly. It is very powerful as a visual image - We saw one of the white bikes off of the lower Alaskan Way yesterday while we were on foot and then later almost massacred a number of bicyclists while driving home along that very route. That road, by the way, may be one of the safer passages out of downtown on a bike, but it's still harrowingly dangerous and that might be the point of Ghost Cycles - We saw the white bike; later, in the car, we saw the pre-white bikes with actual riders and we concentrated extra hard on not hitting any of them.
A few days ago the VisualResistance.org blog documented the spread of Ghost Cycles to cities far and wide. Chicago, Tallahassee and Prague are all mentioned and we're fairly certain that the white bikes are going to make appearances in many more locales soon.
We’re currently working on a zine about our ghost bike project and would like to hear from people involved in similar projects in other cities — the zine will be printed in time for Bike Month in NYC and distributed to artists and bike activist groups around the country. Let us know if you’re interested in receiving copies or contributing. Thanks!
