Three ghost bikes were installed in Vienna in March 2008. They commemorated 3 fatal crashes from 2006 and 2007: one woman and one man, both bike commuters, who were run over by trucks, and one messenger who hit a car. The ghost bikes were put up to raise awareness of the dangers and harm done by cars to the unmotorized participants in urban traffic: cyclists and pedestrians.

We had an amazing echo in the media, especially because the police wanted to remove the first bike after one day, which we prevented. The reactions of the people around here were very positive in general.

http://www.criticalmass.at/bilder?g2_itemId=7927
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3269260
http://wien.orf.at/stories/264430/
http://video.vienna.at/tag/stadtreporter/members.stadtreporter/flv-ghost...