It may or may not be legal, depending where you are. But even if legal it is rude and does not help the reputation of the biking community. I was in a town a few days ago that put out a local bike map. The map said that when there is a bike lane bikers are required to ride in that lane. The map didn't mention what to do if you were going to make a left turn.

I am very frustrated with red lights that won't trigger. I hate going through them and often end up doing some kind of convoluted loop to avoid it.

Be frank folks, do you ever run stop signs? I admit that I do too frequently on quiet streets but I check carefully to make sure no one is around. I have made a right turn at a stop sign without stopping, (I do slow to just short of a stop) when people are around but not going where I am going. I think that I am adding to bad biker reputation for doing this so I have been stopping if anyone is around. I never run a stop sign with a car. Never. So I have a hypocrite thing going here.

Right now I am in a city where a MUP runs through a residential neighborhood. There are stop signs on every alley entrance and every single street. I'm not stopping, I am looking, just like everyone else on the trail. Even the city knows that people are going to run the signs because when a busy intersection is coming up they also put a warning "important intersection" ahead of time so you be sure to stop.