God yes. I live in Boston, Massachusetts. There are bike lanes here and there, and for the most part I stay the hell out of them. Here are common reasons a bike lane is more dangerous than riding in the road:

  - Too narrow
  - Too close to parked cars (being doored is the *most* common collision I hear about)
  - Full of debris that you have to dodge into traffic to avoid, which is super dangerous
  - Full of people picking up passengers (same)
  - They suddenly end at an intersection, or just randomly, so you have to merge with traffic *in* an intersection

If you don't have clear line of sight or it's not a bike lane you're super familiar with? Don't chance it. Take the lane, as is legally permitted. (The law in MA says to ride as far to the right as is safe, and many bike lanes are not.)

As the article stated, they also make drivers think cyclists don't have rights to the full lane, so assholes will try to give me shit about being in the left lane when I'm trying to turn left. I don't need that.