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Liz Padilla Ghost Bike and Plaque

Liz Padilla Bike lift by Justseeds Visual Resistance.

The newest installation in the Ghost Bike memorials.
7 bikes were installed in time for the Memorial Bike ride organized by Time's Up!.

The ride was in memory of the 21 cyclists that were killed by automobiles in 2005. It is an extraordinarily large amount of people, double the amount of previous years. Rides began in all 5 boroughs and converged in Manhattan, ending at this memorial for all the Unnamed riders. We are unable to find out the identities of eight people because of the lack of informatio from the D.O.T. and the NYPD.
The VR collective hopes that these installations will bring visibility to the death of these cyclists, and to the lives of everyone that ride the streets of NYC.
Thank you to Time's Up! for all their work in organizing this ride. And our condolences to all families who have lost a loved one to automobile-related deaths.

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	Justseeds Visual Resistance says: more fotos at Visual Resistance Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )
	Irene Roxanne says: Thanks for sharing this. Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )
	Justseeds Visual Resistance says: Your Welcome! As we've been quoted in articles, this was our response to the preventable deaths that are happening around us in NYC. So sharing this is a part of our processing and coping with these events. k Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )
	Justseeds Visual Resistance says: Check out the photos that the Village Voice took of the memorial ride! Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )
	Justseeds Visual Resistance says: NEWSDAY article Bicyclists remember riders killed on city streets BY JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN amNEWYORK STAFF WRITER January 9, 2006 Two-wheeled processions wound their way through four boroughs Sunday, as scores of bicyclists staged memorial rides for the 21 riders killed on city streets in 2005. All but one of the victims were killed by a car or truck. "A lot of these accidents didn't have to happen," said Ryan Kuonen, 34, of the bicyclists-advocacy group TIME'S UP! "If drivers took just a few seconds to check their mirrors before making sudden movements, some of these cyclists would still be with us today." Kuonen organized one of the Brooklyn rides Sunday, and led bikers past the site of several fatal accidents. The riders stopped at one Borough Park intersection for a brief memorial led by a rabbi for Chiam Goldberg, 24, a Hasidic man who was killed last January. "We don't have many Hasidic bikers in TIME'S UP!," said Kuonen, "in fact we have none. But we found this rabbi who is into biking and he served as a link between our two communities." Sunday's memorial rides also passed by a number of all-white-painted bicycles, which are parked to serve as memorials near accident scenes. While these "ghost bikes" are meant to be permanent installations, some landlords have removed them as eyesores. More than 150,000 New Yorkers commute by bicycle every day. That number shot up to 600,000 during last month's transit strike. Those people included Firefighter Matthew Long, who was left in critical condition after a bus struck the bicycle he was using to get around. "Those of us who are out here everyday know about the dangers," Kuonen said. "But we also know biking is the most efficient, cleanest way to get around this city." Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

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