Originally Posted by
ptempel
This is what I also do (without the little sidewalk loop) with heavy intersections like Winant/Sylvan Ave (Rt 46) to turn left onto Bergen Tpke. I just slow down and/or stop if needed before the intersection. Look for cars turning right behind me. Cross with the bike on the ped walkway to the other side. Stop and turn 90 degrees to face the way I want to go. But this doesn't really help in the OPs case. Its an unusual intersection with the two turn lanes on the right with the bike lane on the left (in the middle). In the OP's intersection, I would also just stay in the bike lane and stop as needed for cars and trucks breaking the law to cross into a lane on the left. I really haven't come across an intersection like the one above in my NJ/NYC area.
As for the OP, that road sucks.
The only way it could be improved is with a physical divider of some sort.
In China there is almost always a curb, or a barrier of some kind that usually prevents this kind of stupidity on high traffic roads.
I'm also not a fan of fences and walls on
narrow roads that don't have enough room for a proper bike lane.
The best bike lanes with dividers are more than 3 meters wide, if there is less than that, dividers often cause more problems than they solve.