Details on the vigil from Cascade:
This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Sher Kung’s death.
Sher was a mother, civil rights attorney and a beautiful friend to many. On the last Friday of last August, she was biking down the prior minimal separation bike lane on Second Avenue when a driver of a delivery truck turned left across her path, killing her immediately. The city installed the new protected bike lane just 10 days later.
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Since Sher’s death, traffic collisions have killed another 10 people and seriously injured approximately 150 people. It’s time for the traffic violence to end. That’s why people who walk, bike, ride transit and drive will gather this Friday to honor them and call for swift action. Please join us.
Vision Zero Vigil & Procession
Friday, Aug. 28, 5-6 p.m.
Garden of Remembrance at Benaroya Hall
Corner of Second Avenue & University StreetAll people deserve to arrive at their destinations safely, no matter how they choose to get around. And we know that our city leaders can design our streets to be safe.
That’s why we’re excited about the city’s goal of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030, and Mayor Ed Murray’s Vision Zero Action Plan to help us get there. The city’s plan for complete streets, including a network of protected bike lanes, in the Center City will also be essential. But more must be done to fund, design and enforce safer streets.
We will gather at the Garden of Remembrance this Friday at 5 p.m., starting with a moment of silence and bell ringing to remember Sher Kung and all those who’ve been killed or seriously injured in traffic violence in the last year. We will hear from the families, advocates and city councilmembers. To finish, we will walk and bike down Second Avenue to Occidental Park.
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