Ghost shoes are a form of roadside memorial meant to commemorate a location where a pedestrian was killed in a traffic collision.[1] Ghost shoes consist of a pair or multiple pairs of white shoes, often on a lamppost or telephone pole. Ghost shoes memorials may include flowers, and often include signs with the identity of the victim.[2] Ghost shoes first appeared in Montreal in 2016.[3] Since then, several of them, both in groups and as solo memorials, have been erected across the United States and Canada. Though there is no centralized organization overseeing either, ghost shoes are often related to ghost bikes, a form of memorial to cyclists killed in traffic collisions.[1]
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- ^ Spencer, Darcy; Reporter • •, News4. "'Ghost Shoes' Memorialize 4 Pedestrians Hit, Killed on Georgia Avenue". NBC4 Washington. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
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