White bike installations pop up across New York as reminder of road safety

On a chilly Saturday evening in April, Kevin Daloia took a bicycle that he had painted white and locked it to a pole on East 161st Street and Melrose Avenue in the Bronx. Then he climbed up, stood on the seat of the bike and mounted a metal sign on the pole above it. “Cyclist Killed Here/Rest In Peace,” the sign said.
The cyclist, Thierno Balde, was hit by a car on Feb 23 while on his way home from prayers at his mosque.The driver fled after the crash and then ditched a crumpled Jeep…