What kills me about these threads is the way so many give diametrically contradictory advice as dogma. What works for someone in bumblefrack suburbia may not work in a concrete jungle. Likewise, what works in 'murrica may not work in other nations.

Agreed,

I agree that there can be situational variances, but I follow this as SOP.

Where I live, whenever there is a right turn lane and a bike lane the road markings move the bike lane across the turn lane to the rightmost straight lane via dotted lines. Based on this, when I'm faced with a turn lane and no bike lane I move into the next traffic lane to avoid being right hooked and take as much lane as I need.

On my bike, I am a vehicle so I am traffic. I use the middle of the lane to pull in behind any traffic (cars) in the traffic lane, going where I,m going. The cars in front of me dont have to pass me again. The cars behind me will have to be behind me until I get through the intersection and move toward the right edge. Cars can then go around me. Going through an intersection in pedestrian crossing is dangerous and shows ignorance.

Multiple lanes can be tricky for cyclist and there is no hard and fast rule for navigating through them. The guidelines are: be safe (not right), be visible, be predictable and be smart. I can think of lane situations that are (on paper) the same but I will navigate through differently because of the nature of the traffic that goes through it.