Lawrence’s Bicycle Advisory Committee no longer is pursuing plans for placing “ghost bikes” across Lawrence this month, instead choosing to focus on education and information to support the cycling community.

Eric Struckhoff, the committee’s chairman, said the move toward creating “ghost bike” memorials — riderless bikes that would be painted white, each with a plaque memorializing a cyclist who had died while riding on a public street — had lost momentum since earlier this year, when city officials had expressed support for the concept.

A friend of Rachel Leek had proposed displaying a ghost bike to honor his late friend, but plans for that particular memorial were dropped at the request of Leek’s family, Struckhoff said.

Now, he said, the committee is planning to have new bike route maps printed and distributed in the area, part of an effort to raise awareness of bicycle rules and resources in the area.