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Originally Posted by Igottago
I'm still getting used to some of the rules on cycling downtown, I have what may be a novice question. Hopefully this makes sense to those of you familiar riding downtown:
If I'm using the cycle track on 5th street (headed south) and eventually need to turn right onto an avenue without cycle track (I live on 14th ave), what is the proper way to do so?
There is no bike turn box like there is when connecting with other cycle tracks, there is lots of bike traffic behind me and also coming the other direction, and there is vehicle traffic running alongside the bike track. Where am I supposed to stop to make that right turn without blocking off the lane on the cycle track?
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this can definitely be a little tricky. if it's a green, i will continue through the intersection and then stop and try to realign my bike heading in the new direction behind the crosswalk. if there's room I try to pull a "J" so I end up behind the crosswalk and out of the way of the bike lane. the person in the car behind me now might be a bit pissed, but don't really see another way to do it without a bike box. or go in front of the crosswalk and bike lane if there's room. or dismount and walk you bike on the sidewalk.
I'm sure the city has something to say about this but might have to browse the website a bit to find it. The city also sent out a flyer detailing some of this stuff, it's taped to my door right now but it's on the map side not the instruction side and i'm not gonna go look at it for you at the moment. sorry, maybe tomorrow.