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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dexter-and-thomas-563x420.jpg563420A shorter version of this item ran on the Seattle Times' op-ed page on August 2, 2011. This version includes links, a chart, and additional analysis. On Thursday afternoon, I got a pit in my stomach when I found strings of yellow police tape blocking the bike commute on Seattle’s Dexter Avenue. I learned over the hours that followed, with all of Seattle, that an SUV had struck and fatally injured Mike Wang, a PATH photographer of my age, in his forties. Mr. Wang had been riding in the Dexter bike lane at Thomas Street when the SUV sped across traffic, slammed into him, and fled the scene.