Alan Fairbanks

Alan Fairbanks died on November 28, 2006, from a spinal cord injury caused by a car-bike crash at this crossing on October 29, 2006. Since 2007, a white ghost bike has stood here as a memorial to Alan, awaiting the current design to be installed in 2016. In New York's Capital Region, 15 cyclists were lost to bike-car crashes in the last 15 years, and across the nation more than 600 cyclists are killed on the road every year; accident sites marked by a ghost bike serve as reminders that cyclists have a legal right to use public roadways.

Rotterdam, New York · United States