Doesn't this narrow sliver of a bike lane look safe?

yeah, i don’t know the reason; only that if you’re seeing a pattern, there’s a common choice that those people are making and therefore a common cause. something that’s immediately obvious to all of them from where they are. ( and one that’s probably not: let’s annoy everyone )

you’d probably have to ask someone who rides there, or take a bike down and do the things they are doing to see why