Originally Posted by
Roughstuff
Buses get ya both ways...they have to pull INTO their stops (which cuts across a bike line, or shoulder, if you are lucky enough to have either) and they have to pull back out into traffic (which hurts you if you decide to pass them on the left). You are correct...they don't look, either way. Get a good lawyer if ya need one...fighting city hall, the local transit union, and hizzoner ain't no fun.
roughstuff
When the buses in the area the OP was riding in turn on their left turn signal to merge into traffic, the law requires traffic to stop and yield to them. Waiting a few seconds for a cyclist so they can pull into the stop doesn't impact their schedule.