Well written Ghost Bike piece

From SF:
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/10/12/aunt-remembers-derek-allen-bic...

Inspired me to start a chainlink group:

http://www.thechainlink.org/group/chicagoghostbikes

(the e-mail list has not responded to life support despite close to 100 members, for whatever reason).

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 13, 2010 at 9:06am

Nicely written piece. Excellent photo of a very cool ghost bike.

This has been a weird year, with many things not responding to life support, regardless of the number of members.

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Permalink Reply by pjc jr on October 13, 2010 at 9:09am

Man these are gut wrenching to read. I well up every time I observe a post about the death of cyclist...

Thanks for bringing these posts to us, my riding awareness certainly goes up every time. And my heart bleeds for the ones that have suffered the worse....

Damn automobiles (death machines!)

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 13, 2010 at 12:17pm

I think the economy is a significant factor.

H3N3 said:

Probably some percentage of "economic downturn" in the mix somewhere.

Anne Alt said:
This has been a weird year, with many things not responding to life support, regardless of the number of members.

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Permalink Reply by Sue Clark on October 13, 2010 at 12:30pm

Nice article.

I used to live very close to the scene of the crash. Lots of restaurants, bars, shops, people out and about. The article resonates also with my memories of hanging out in that neighborhood.