'A person died here, for heaven's sake. Can you just let it be?' | Austin ghost bikes are disappearing, and volunteers don't know why

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'Ghost bikes' are memorials placed where cyclists have been killed. But recently, many of these memorials have been removed from the streets.

'A person died here, for heaven's sake. Can you just let it be?' | Austin ghost bikes are disappearing, and volunteers don't know why

“We don't know why.” Rhodney Williams, a volunteer with the Austin Ghost Bike Project, said. “It could be the city, it could be TxDOT, it could just be somebody who's taking the bike for scrap metal.” “Austin Ghost Bike Project is just a group of volunteers that are aware of the crashes that take place primarily in the city,” William said. “First to memorialize the individual who was killed in that crash, and secondly to create some public awareness of these events taking place.”“I think of him daily, but just to be in the spot – I don't know, brings me a little bit closer,” Teresa Bolinger–Hutchinson’s mom explained.

 

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