Guys, got a question about lane positioning for a particular road I bike on. Let me preface this by saying that I am comfortable on the roads and feel fully comfortable with taking the lane when necessary. This one situation is tough though.

On my commute home, there is one intersection I come up to that has 3 lanes: left turn, straight, and right turn.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...290.34,,0,4.98

It is a smaller road crossing over a higher traffic road. During evening rush hour, a lot of people are leaving the university and use this intersection to go all three directions. Also, this stoplight is up a slight hill. The problem that I am having is with speed; my speed and traffic speed.

Sometimes when I approach the light I lose too much speed and am much slower than the cars going through. I always go straight through this light. So I'm not sure where to position myself when I come up to this light, as it turns green, and all the other cars behind me want to zoom through. If I take the center lane, I am really slow and hold up traffic. However, if I hug the right side of the center lane, I get people buzzing by me on both sides to go straight and to turn right.

Any suggestions on better placement? Thanks.