ls0725

I bike on a 6-lane street (3 each way). there is a solid lined bike lane on the rightmost lane (outer) and that's where I stay. as I approach a traffic light stop intersection, the rightmost lane where I am turns into a right ONLY lane and the solid striped bike lane is now broken lines as you near the intersection.

It's a stop and I want to go straight (not right turn). Where do I stop wait out the stop light.

Bekologist

its a "RTO and bikes" lane at the intersection and the road continues the same 6 lanes past the intersection?

either take your place in line if there's traffic, filter to the front and position yourself left biased in the lane to allow right turners to turn, or anywhere in front if you are first in line (although its still nice to be leftish to allow cars to turn right.)

"RTO and bikes" lane, no problem.

mcgreivey

Yeah. You should left side of that right turn+bike lane, or right on the left line of it. People turning right, and the people going straight in the second lane, will (should) see that you're not turning right. Leave room for the right turners, and they'll be nice to you.

Pscyclepath

Ride in the right-most lane that goes where you want to go. For example, if you're riding along in the bike lane or rightmost traffic lane, that lane turns into an RTOL (right turn-only), then you want to check behind and yield to overtaking traffic, signal, and shift left into the right-most straight-through lane.