Joe Flood
6 min readAug 5, 2019
Ghosts of Bowser. Bikes, walkers, shoes and cars to memorialize those killed on the unsafe streets of Washington, DC.

The conspirators gathered at dawn. Working quickly, they unloaded the truck on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Out came bikes, walkers, canes, shoes, helmets, scooters and car parts — all painted white. It was ghost memorial for the 128 victims of traffic violence in Washington, DC. 128 men, women and children killed during the administration of Mayor Muriel Bowser.

These were the Ghosts of Bowser.

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Joe Flood

Writer, photographer and web persofrom Washington, DC. Author of The Swamp, a funny new satire of our crazy times.