I’ve noticed this as well. The painted curb extensions here are not sufficiently redirecting traffic. Cutting the curb here is extremely common, and quite dangerous. This is a question for the city planners, are painted curb extensions considered drivable space? If not, can we implement a low-cost solution like bollards or planters? Ideally, concrete curb extension.

The bike lane along Washington Street has different barriers and no delineators.

Sixth St to Second St (traffic signal) - Bike lane, cement barriers, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
Second St to First St (Lightrail Crossing) - NO Bike lane, permit parking but no parking during rush hour, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
First St to Bay St (traffic signal) - Bike lane RETURNS mid block, cement barrier, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
Bay St to Morgan St (traffic signal) - Bike lane, cement barriers, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
Morgan St to Steuben St (pedestrian crosswalk) - Bike lane, cement barriers, two lanes of traffic
Steuben St to Pearl Street (pedestrian crosswalk) - Bike lane, permit parking, no delineators, two lanes of traffic
Marin Blvd - Bike lane, permit parking, no delineators, two lanes of traffic, "bus stop"/turn lane, huge unused street surface that could be diagonal parking on the left side.

VEHICLES rapidly speed up between First St (lightrail crossing) to Columbus Drive
BIKES travel north and south in the southbound bike lane. There is a north bound bike lane on Greene Street.
Washington becomes two-ways at the Columbus Drive intersection

TYPO -
Pearl St to C. Columbus, NOT Marin Blvd - Bike lane, permit parking, no delineators, two lanes of traffic, "bus stop"/turn lane, huge unused street surface that could be diagonal parking on the left side.

God this drives me nuts! No, the bicycle lanes and painted areas are not a drivable (bypass) lane nor a free parking spot! Everyone who does this, knows this. I often pull my car just close enough to the lane so cars can't cut through.

I will put this on the list of intersections for the traffic engineers and planners to review. There may already be plans in the works.

Similar things still happening today. I and others were standing in the pedestrian section of the bump out. A driver comes up through the bus stop and inches through the intersection of on a red to get around us and make a right turn.