How To Start a Ghostbike Project

Starting a Ghostbike project in your area is rather easy. We suggest taking the following steps:

• Gather a team.
• Identify locations where cyclists have been killed. Start a log of the time, place, person and other details.
• Obtain old bicycles, paint entire bike white.
• Create signs to let people know why the bike is there. Pieces of plywood make good signage and creating a stencil so you can spray the info on makes it easier to create many signs. Also keep in mind how you are going to attach the sign to the bike.
• Obtain devices to lock bikes with. Lengths of metal cable with couplers is a fairly affordable way to lock the bikes.
• Identify exact bike placement location. Keep in mind that memorials may not be technically legal, and that local authorities often overlook them if they are not presenting a problem since this kind of enforcement is usually complaint-driven. Try not to block things and keep in mind where the fire hydrants are located.
• Place bikes, preferably using bikes w/trailers and the cover of darkness.
• Take photo.
• Contact Ghostbike.org to setup a project for you.
• Enter your bikes in Ghostbike.org

To contact Ghostbike email: ghostbike@gmail.com