Originally Posted by
TheHen
Hold on a sec. Do you know what happens when a bike "enters the door zone" and wins the door prize? They will likely end up right where your wheels are about to roll, and probably not in an upright position. Unless the cyclist has nerves of steel and reacts to the opening of a door by steering into it instead of flinching and trying to avoid it, this is the worst advice you could give to a cyclist faced with a door-zone bike lane. Like you said, just be a good driver. If it is not safe to pass, wait. Even if the cyclist sends the wrong signal by staying mostly in a dzbl, wait until it is safe.
That's not what I meant. As a bus driver, I would (and have) wait(ed) until it was safe. But also as a cyclist, if it's a situation in which it's taking a long time before there's an appropriate time to pass, I'd hope the cyclist (myself included) would yield their hold to the bus. I would never ask the cyclist to put themselves in danger, I'd never want to be in danger. But to slow down and carefully ride in the door zone, you don't have to stop and the vehicle which doesn't have a choice but to wait can pass.
It's a give and take thing.