Ghost Bike Taken Down at Connecticut and R St.

The city removed the ghost bike on Connecticut and R St dedicated to Alice Swanson, a cyclist killed in that intersection in July of 2008.  According to some notes at the scene, the mayor unexpectedly ordered the city to remove the bike on Thursday.  I suppose these things can’t stay up forever, but I was struck by Swanson’s death a year ago (she was only 22 and had just graduated from college) and I thought it was a nice memorial.  I’m a little sad to see that it’s gone.