Posted April 23, 2:20 p.m.

Bicyclists, it seems you embrace the CTA and the agency reciprocates, what with buses sporting those lovely bike racks, now decorated with Comcast ads. Comcastic!  But a very kind e-mailer, who ID'd herself as a CTA bus operator, has this warning for her bike buddies on the road. 

I WORK FOR CTA. I HEAR THE BAD REP THAT CTA GETS ALL THE TIME WHICH SOME IS CORRECT I MUST SAY BUY I HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BIKE RIDER TODAY AND HE WANTED TO PASS ME ON THE RIGHT AT A BUS STOP AND GOT VERY UPSET WHEN I WOULD NOT LET HIM PASS THE BUS AS I PULLED INTO A BUS STOP. A PASSENGER SAID I CUT THE MAN OFF. JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT NO ONE CAN PASS A BUS ON THE RIGHT CAUSE IF I OPEN MY DOORS TO LET THE PASSENGERS GET ON AND OFF OF THE BUS GUESS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I LET THE BIKE PASS ME AT THE RIGHT THE PASSENGERS WILL GET HIT BY THE BIKE. THE RIGHT OF WAY MIGHT BE CORRECT FOR A CAR BUT NOT FOR ANY BUS EVEN A SCHOOL BUS. SO I HOPE EVERYONE AND MOST OF ALL THE BIKERS KNOW THAT IS THE WAY IT IS AND TO BE CAREFUL THIS SUMMER. THANKS.

Bikes, do buses give you respect?  Bus operators, are these cyclists cruisin' for a bruisin', especially now that the weather has broken and there are more two-wheels to contend with?