According to the Active Transportation Alliance, the bike lane has to be on the left side of the street because Jackson is a bus route and somehow the state is involved and required the lane to be on the left; I have forgotten the details. It *is* a problem, and since the ramps onto the Ryan are also on the left it's a good place for a collision.

LoL: one of my former students was driving on Jackson and witnessed the whole thing. Too bad I didn't get the guy's license number, not knowing my story could be corroborated.
Steve