I live in a city where bicycling is not as "politicized" as other cities and the authorities always look the other way if I go through a red light safely. There isn't a big "bike vs car" mentality here so I don't get ticketed for some of the carp I pull lol. As stated in some other responses to OP, most states give allowance at intersections where the vehicle is too small to trip the signals.

One thing to think about is you can push the "walk" button to activate the light. I've done that at super busy intersections before.