Yep. These two pictures about sum it up. At least for the Sacramento suburbs where my mom lives.
1. The old bike-lane-in-the-parking-lane trick:
And…
2. The old bike-lane-halfway-in-the-gutter-and-fully-in-the-garbage-lane trick:
So that’s fun! :)Â It’s not actually a huge deal since, as you can see, the streets are huge and not crazy heavily trafficked so it’s easy to swing around — but it sure makes me appreciate real bike infrastructure!