Hartford Ghost Shoes (Pedestrian memorials) setup and bike ride

Overview

• Set up Ghost Shoes to memorialize pedestrians killed by drivers in Hartford.
• Meet at Bellvue Square Park at 10 am, just 0.3 miles from the first Ghost Shoes location
• Bring a bike or scooter. All other supplies will be provided, but you can bring extra flowers if desired
• We will visit 5 locations and bike 11.5 miles from location 1 to location 5, or 15 miles if you choose to loop back with me to Bellvue Square Park. See event photos for map.
• Pace is roughly 9 mph average and we will spend about 30 minutes at each location to set up the Ghost Shoes and flowers

What are Ghost Shoes?
Ghost Shoes are painted white shoes that are set up at locations where pedestrians were killed by drivers. Each Ghost shoes memorial may also include flowers and a laminated page that highlights the dangerous street design and some actions passersby can take to improve street safety. The Ghost Shoes serve as a memorial, as well as a way to draw attention to dangerous street design.

Locations:
See attached photos for map of all locations where we will be setting up Ghost Shoes. Note the addition of Location 1.5 for a person killed this week. So Location 2 is actually the 3rd, Location 3 is 4th, and Location 4 is 5th.

If you don't have time to do all 5 locations, just show up at the locations you can visit at the times below.

Location 1, arrive 10:10, depart 10:40 (Main Street and Battles Street, Hartford)
Ghost Shoes for Michael Brown, killed on January 1, 2022

Travel 3 miles to Location 1.5

Location 1.5, arrive 11:00, depart 11:30 (Pitkin Street and Main Street, East Hartford)
Ghost Shoes for George Tette-Quarshire, killed on January 18, 2023

Travel 4.3 miles to Location 2

Location 2, arrive 12:00, depart 12:30 (Brainard Road and Murphy Road, Hartford)
Ghost Shoes for Frank Paul, killed on March 17, 2022

Travel 3.0 miles to Location 3

Location 3, arrive 12:50, depart 1:20 (Franklin Avenue and Bliss Street, Hartford)
Ghost Shoes for Yarilis Esteras, killed on January 8, 2022

Travel 1.0 miles to Location 4

Location 4, arrive 1:30, finish 2:00 (New Britain Avenue and Henry Street, Hartford)
Ghost Shoes for Jillian Hegarty, killed on March 31, 2022

Optional 3.1 miles back to starting point (Bellvue Square Park). Arrive at 2:20