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Artist responds to angry reaction to white bike installations

We’ve been flooded with angry comments from people who think it’s selfish to appropriate a known symbol of tragedy for an art project.

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January 18, 2023

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

68 Comments


Mysterious white bikes in northeast Portland are work of artist and peace activist

The mystery has been solved.

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January 17, 2023

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

25 Comments


No, those aren’t ghost bikes popping up around northeast Portland

Ghost bikes are poignant and tragic reminders of a loved life lost. They are placed at locations where a bicycle rider died in a traffic collision. So when one appears at a new location, people notice. For the past week or so now I’ve been getting messages and phone calls about several such bikes. People … Read more

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January 5, 2023

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

16 Comments


Ghost bike on Southeast Gladsone won’t be removed, City says

In the past few days I’ve heard from two readers concerned that a ghost bike in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood would be removed by the City of Portland. “I know there is a ton going on right now and this probably not high on most everyone’s list of important things,” the reader shared. “But it is … Read more

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April 6, 2020

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

14 Comments


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Six days after man dies crossing SE Chavez, his ghost bike memorial is mangled too (UPDATED)

It was wrecked late Monday or early Tuesday, apparently by the wheel of a motor vehicle.

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June 2, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

61 Comments


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ODOT has removed Brett Jarolimek’s ghost bike: Here’s why

A ghost bike for Brett Jarolimek (L) has been removed by ODOT.

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December 15, 2011

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

34 Comments


Ghost bike, recovered by TriMet operator, now returned

The ghost bike at SE Cesar Chavez Blvd and Salmon St (photo taken a few hours ago).(Photo © J. Maus)

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November 26, 2010

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

18 Comments


How a ghost bike ended up in TriMet’s lost and found

A ghost bike from southeast Portland that was stolen and then recovered by a TriMet bus operator sits in lost and found at the Center Garage.(Photo: Bob Cummings)

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November 18, 2010

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

39 Comments


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Filmmaker visits Portland and Vancouver to document ghost bikes

Filmmaker Meaghan Wilbur(Photo: Marcus Griffith) New York City independent film maker and bike enthusiast Meaghan Wilbur is in Portland and Vancouver this week filming interviews for her ghost bike documentary, a project she says is about “exploring the intersection of street art, activism, and mourning on the streets of cities around the world.” In an … Read more

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June 14, 2010

Marcus Griffith (Contributor)

5 Comments


Church will give Tracey Sparling’s ghost bike a permanent home

Tracey Sparling’s ghost bike, as it stood on the corner of W. Burnside and 14th from October 2007 to October 2009.(Photo © J. Maus) The ghost bike that served as a memorial to Tracey Sparling, the 19-year old art student who was struck and killed by a cement truck on W. Burnside back in 2007, … Read more

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April 8, 2010

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

9 Comments


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Popular high school teacher killed while riding in Vancouver, WA (Updated)

Update: A candlelight vigil for Gordon Patterson will be held at 8pm on Thursday, September 17th at Hudson’s Bay High School (map). NE 41st and St Johns in Vancouver(See street view at end of story) A teacher at Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington was killed in a hit and run yesterday around 4pm … Read more

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September 16, 2009

Elly Blue (Columnist)

77 Comments


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In DC: Alice Swanson’s ghost bike

Alice’s ghost bike at 20th and R Street in Washington, DC (Photos by Elly Blue)

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December 22, 2008

Elly Blue (Columnist)


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