Something worth reading.
http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/powerplays/archives/002304.php
"In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, about 40 riders converged on the intersection of McGuinness Blvd. and Kent Street, where Liz Byrne died last September. A 45-year-old freelance designer and former bike messenger, Byrne was struck by a moving truck as she was riding home.
Bikers lit candles or pressed bouquets of flowers into the spokes of her ghost bike, which was chained to a one-way traffic sign on the corner. Bolted to the signpost was a white plaque bearing Byrne's name, the date of the incident, and the phrase "REST IN PEACE."
The group raised their bikes in the air to salute the fallen rider, then rode across the Williamsburg Bridge to rendezvous with bikers coming from the South Brooklyn, Staten Island, and lower Manhattan. Police at one point tried to break up a group of about 50 cyclists near City Hall, then let the ride pass, contenting themselves with warnings to cyclists not to block traffic."
[this took place on her birthday.]
"In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, about 40 riders converged on the intersection of McGuinness Blvd. and Kent Street, where Liz Byrne died last September. A 45-year-old freelance designer and former bike messenger, Byrne was struck by a moving truck as she was riding home.
Bikers lit candles or pressed bouquets of flowers into the spokes of her ghost bike, which was chained to a one-way traffic sign on the corner. Bolted to the signpost was a white plaque bearing Byrne's name, the date of the incident, and the phrase "REST IN PEACE."
The group raised their bikes in the air to salute the fallen rider, then rode across the Williamsburg Bridge to rendezvous with bikers coming from the South Brooklyn, Staten Island, and lower Manhattan. Police at one point tried to break up a group of about 50 cyclists near City Hall, then let the ride pass, contenting themselves with warnings to cyclists not to block traffic."
[this took place on her birthday.]