Regarding bicyclist rights to the roads in america, the weight of the history of common law frames the interpretation of statutory law, not some half baked, unattributed not-quote from a newspaper article that could just as well have been retracted in corrections the next day.
the model traffic ordinances of the UVC do not contain any 'SMV-POR' laws that would apply to bicycles.
bicyclists do not impede traffic, we are traffic.