Originally Posted by
SoSmellyAir
How does a cyclist turn left at an intersection?
on the far side of the intersection, at a red. if you want to turn on a green (not legal at this one, which has a protected turn lane - very rare for sf), you join the roadway. works fine. it makes cyclists a bit of a hybrid of pedestrians and cars, sharing turns across the roadway with pedestrians.
some of the newer versions of these have a third signal cycle for pedestrians and bikes only (there's specifically a "bike" light) which is nice. it's a short cycle - maybe 10 seconds - but during that time there's a big red "NO TURNS" to hopefully keep cars from deciding to turn on red, which is typically legal.
my only beef with these is that they greatly reduce the green cycle for bikes going straight through, since when the main light is green the bike light is actually red, to avoid turning conflicts. so i typically take the lane and just ride through on the green.
