Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
Most of the bike lanes in my neck of the woods "disappear" at intersections to force bikes to take the entire lane.

Sometimes it's good (when there isn't a ton of traffic and you can merge easily) and sometimes it's hairy. (and then I'll likely walk through the crosswalk as I don't like hairy intersections anyway.)
Yes, that's what I do- either take the lane in plain sight if it's a reasonable interestion, or walk acroos like a pedestrain if it's a really hairy intersection.