Too Many Ghost Bikes
Emma's ghost bike is suddenly blooming all sorts of colors, thanks to fresh donations of flowers. Today, Laura F., a former colleague of Rose’s who lives in Glasgow, brought some bluebells from her garden, set them off with euphorbia, and gave the pavement a sweep. However, she reports that someone else had been there already to decorate and add plants. Let us know who you are, we’d like to recognize you too! What’s more, someone added Emma’s ghost bike to the international Ghost Bike registry at https://mapcomplete.osm.be/ghostbikes.html . Thank you for that as well! To that map, we added a photo and Emma’s name. It was a couple of years ago that Emma saw a ghost bike near our home in the greater Paris area. She felt it was a poignant memorial to a fallen cyclist—one reason we wanted to install one for her in Glasgow. A few weeks ago while passing this Paris ghost bike, it took my breath away when I read the recently added plaque: Emma, 1996-2021. There are over 630 ...