Council Members Join Outcry Over Delayed Bike Plan, Call for Quick Fixes to Dangerous Streets

by Ansel Herz
On August 29, 2014, a young attorney named Sher Kung died in downtown Seattle when a truck struck her as she biked to work on Second Avenue. She left behind a wife and infant daughter.
Antoine McNamara, a downtown attorney and resident of Beacon Hill, remembers riding past his friend's body on his way to work on the day that Kung died. A tarp was laid over it.
Dozens of people held a memorial ride to remember Kung. A shrine, including a "ghost bike" painted white and bouquets of fl