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Originally Posted by fflint
It is impossible to get three feet clearance on a Market Street commute. The vast, vast majority of cycle commuters here will ride around stopped buses (not loading or unloading, just stuck behind cars) in a strip about two feet wide between the bus and the curb. It's especially tricky because of the potholes. I often get six inches' clearance or less from moving vehicles as well, but they're moving slowly and if I need to I can lean up against the vehicle in order to avoid going down on trolley tracks or whatnot. Car-hugging!
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It's difficult to get any clearance sometimes especially when drivers do dumb things like try to turn the bike lane into another lane, turn one lane bridges into 2 lanes even if it's 2 before and after it's just not wide enough.
I've hit mirrors passing, been squeezed into curbs
