You may not be aware but Maryland is moving toward the new video detection cameras that control lights. The good news is they can detect bicycles, the bad news is they have to be set up so the detection area includes where bicyclist will stop. My impression so far is that a cyclist stopping far right will not get detected, additionally at intersections which have one really wide lane that unofficially accommodates a right turn lane a cyclist in the center of the "right" lane doe not register as well. You essentially have to be in the middle where a car would be to be registered by the light. While this might be sound safety advice it still is not the default behavior of most cyclists and what will a cyclist do if not detected by the light, run the red light of course.
We have decades of training that lights do not detect bicycles so we run red lights as a mater of course. To put an end to this we need to place a symbol on the ground where a cyclists should be to get a green light or detect a cyclist wherever they might be. This is already Maryland policy but I have never seen any symbol on the ground at lights and detection of my bicycle is really hit or miss at most intersections and I know how to place my bike on various loop detectors while most cyclists don’t. I really think Maryland goes out its way so bicycles are not detected rather then are detected.
from The Bike Nazi by Bikeboy he adds:
"Ya know what would be really nice? If both the detection cameras and ground loops triggered some subtle signal – a small yellow light, or a beep, or whatever – to acknowledge to the driver, "I’m aware you are there. Sit tight – I’ll let you through." That would let us know whether we should wait, or start looking for an opening in traffic."
Acknowledgment by the system that it is "working" is standard engineering practice in all fields except traffic engineering for bike/peds and it amazes me that their has not been a malpractice lawsuit yet.
John Allen has this to say:
"However, the problem of bicyclists’ running red lights has an additional and even more troubling dimension. If I told you that bicyclists are being psychologically programmed by evil, unseen forces to run red lights, would you think that I am paranoid?"
Should I remind traffic engineers of what negligence is? You don’t need to do this on purpose, in Maryland (at least) you are neglecting your responsibilities per state law in accommodating cyclists as part of the transportation network.
Bikeboy has a nice article on this topic as well as a link to a video that enplanes the traffic detection cameras https://bikenazi.blogspot.com/2011/02/video-detection-cameras.html
John Allen goes into some detail about the problems and solutions with ground loop detectors.
"Putting an end to the actuator problem is a job for bicyclists’ organizations: put your local and state authorities on notice that bicycle-insensitive traffic signal actuators are defective and illegal. "
https://www.bikexprt.com/bicycle/actuator.htm
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