There's only one place on my commute where I feel "boxed in" rather than pressured by drivers (such as on a higher speed roadway where I have to ride further into the lane and worry about sideswipes or right hooks). On this particular street there's two lanes, sort of - the markings are worn off, southbound, one lane northbound. There's a construction re-route that has routed more vehicles and metro buses through the area than normal. There is a bike lane (also now partly worn off) on the right, against the curb.
Frequently 18-wheelers will be parked in the "2nd lane" which is basically the middle of the street, end to end, waiting to get into the Port. Then motor vehicles proceeding south use the first right "lane" which is now effectively narrowed due to parked trucks. Add to that motor vehicles trying to take turns off of and onto this street from several side streets with limited visibility.
That all adds up to the bike lane becoming the defacto "car moving out of the way of other cars/trucks often with no warning to avoid car collision without looking for cyclists in the BIKE LANE" and the "bus using a narrow lane that's not wide enough so bus uses part of the bike lane for travel and if a cyclist is there they aren't looking for them oh well, bus has pinched cyclists to curb there before" lane. So now I use the sidewalk since there are no entry/exits there, until the very end and that seems to have solved my problem. I regularly report this are to the police department but nothing is ever done of course.