There are bicycle lanes set up in many communities that are set several feet away from the curb such that a vehicle could be parked along the right hand curb and open the driver's door into the bike lane along that same side of the street.
One new law set to go into effect next month is going to be a boondoggle ... we have to give cyclists a 3' gap when passing them so long as we don't cross a double yellow line. This is going to make for some very congested roads in some of the mountain areas and some of the more scenic byways out here as you can't safely pass under these conditions in many areas. Ugh.

