ghost bicycles on seattle streets

from The Stranger comes this report of an odd, charming, and quintessentially Seattleite mix of public art and public protest. An anonymous group of underground bikers, tired of reckless drivers endangering riders around town, has started installing "Ghost Cycles" at dangerous intersections:

Just two months earlier, these bikers had launched the website GhostCycle.org to collect bike-accident info from Seattle's two-wheeled set, like the cyclist at 8th and Leary. The original page didn't let on that they'd be using the data to adorn light poles with damaged bikes. But tonight, to spotlight bike safety, they're installing the project's namesake guerrilla art all over town: mangled, white-painted bikes, each representing an accident, chained to the location of the ill-fated encounter with either auto or road.

You can view the locations of the ghost cycles (several are on very familiar street corners indeed) by following the link below. I miss Seattle.

http://www.ghostcycle.org/