holy shit.<br><br>now I know what we&#39;d be doing .<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:18 AM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:veganboyjosh@gmail.com">veganboyjosh@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Apologies to those of you also on the Alliance list. Thought this was too cool to not forward. <br>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I
thought I’d pass this story along to the list.  Just over a week
ago, our Mayor’s office had a ghost bike removed from public space
without alerting the family of the cyclist that was killed.  This got some
decent press attention here, and is helping us make additional improvements to
the intersection where the crash occurred.  The family is understandably
quite upset at this callous treatment and despite repeated attempts to contact
his office about the removal he has still not responded.  The bike was removed
at the request of a local business owner after about a year of being locked up
in the same place.  Apparently, the business owner that thought it was
unsightly even though the family and friends of the cyclist did a good job of
maintaining it.  It had become an important symbol to the bike community
and reminded us all to be careful.  Early this morning, in response to the
removal of the ghost bike, 22 new ghost bikes appeared at the same intersection. 
It was quite a sight to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Photos
at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/biketrip2006/sets/72157622204193927/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/biketrip2006/sets/72157622204193927/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Eric</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">WABA
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Eric
Gilliland</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Executive
Director</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Washington
Area Bicyclist Association</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1803
Connecticut Ave NW, 3rd Floor</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Washington,
DC 20009</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">p)
202-518-0524</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">f)
202-518-0936</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">e)
<a href="mailto:gill@waba.org" target="_blank">gill@waba.org</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">w)
<a href="http://www.waba.org" target="_blank">www.waba.org</a></span></p></blockquote>































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