Originally Posted by
JohnBrooking
Maybe safer to walk your bike across as a pedestrian? That gives everyone more reaction time and you slightly more agility. I often do this in that situation, partially for the safety and partially just to keep from reaffirming the existing
conflation of cycling and walking among the general public as well as the planning community, which bugs me on principle.
That's how I sometimes handle left turns across busy intersections. If the traffic is really heavy, I get off my bike and walk it across one road, wait on the sidewalk for the light to change, then turn and walk it across the other road. Takes a little longer, but gives me the advantages of being a pedestrian (like using sidewalks and crosswalks, Walk/Don't Walk signs, etc.).