A109 PLT RPTS MISUNDERSTANDING WITH ZZZ TWR CTLR WHILE TRANSITING ZZZ1 CLASS B AIRSPACE.

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I HAD BEEN CLRED BY THE LCL (TWR) CTLR AT ZZZ TO TRANSITION THE CLASS B AIRSPACE FROM THE MEDICAL CENTER; JUST S OF DOWNTOWN ZZZ; VIA THE FREEWAY NBOUND TO DEST. WHILE ON THIS TRANSITION; ABOUT 1-2 MI W OF ZZZ ARPT; I NOTICED AN ACFT AT MY 1 O'CLOCK POS THAT APPEARED TO BE ON A CONVERGING FLT PATH THAT WAS HEADED APPROX SBOUND. AT THIS TIME I WASN'T SURE IF THE TFC WAS INBOUND TO ZZZ; OR ON A TRANSITION SOMEWHERE ELSE. SOMEWHERE DURING THIS TIME; AN ACFT CALLED TWR AND ASKED IF THEY WERE CLRED TO LAND. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM TWR. I DETERMINED IF I CONTINUED ON MY CURRENT COURSE ALONG THE FREEWAY I WOULD PASS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THIS TFC; SO I BEGAN A R TURN TO PASS BEHIND THEM. THIS TFC TURNED OUT TO BE B737 INBOUND TO ZZZ. I DON'T KNOW WHICH RWY; AND AS I TURNED R HE BEGAN HIS L TURN TO FINAL. AGAIN THERE WAS A CALL FROM ANOTHER ACFT (I BELIEVE THE B737) TO TWR ASKING IF THEY WERE CLRED TO LAND. DURING THIS CALL I REALIZED THE ACFT HAD TURNED FINAL TO THE ARPT; AND I BEGAN A L TURN BACK TO THE FREEWAY; AGAIN; TO PASS BEHIND THE ACFT. ABOUT THAT TIME THE TWR CTLR CAME ON THE RADIO CHASTISING ME BECAUSE I WASN'T DIRECTLY OVER THE FREEWAY. SHE TOLD ME SHE NEEDED ME W OF THE FREEWAY AND THAT I WAS E OF IT. (SHE HAD NOT TOLD ME THAT BEFORE). THE B737 ACFT AT ABOUT THIS SAME TIME INITIATED A GAR; AND NOTIFIED THE TWR CTLR THAT HE WAS GOING AROUND. I FELT I NEVER DID HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK THE TWR CTLR ABOUT THE TFC; WHICH HAD NOT BEEN CALLED OUT TO ME; BECAUSE OF THE OTHER ACFT ASKING ABOUT THEIR LNDG CLRNC. I BELIEVE HAD I NOT TURNED R IN THE FIRST PLACE TO AVOID FLT PATH OF THE B737; THERE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN NO CONFLICT; BUT I HAD NO WAY TO KNOW THAT; AND FELT I HAD TO EXERCISE MY VFR SEE AND AVOID RESPONSIBILITY. ALSO; IF THE TWR CTLR HAD ADVISED ME THAT SHE HAD TFC INBOUND FOR THE RWY EARLIER; I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO GUESS AS TO THE INTENTIONS OF THE TFC I OBSERVED ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CONFLICTING FLT PATH. IN WAITING FOR THE ACFT ASKING ABOUT THEIR LNDG CLRNC TO GET AN ANSWER; I MISSED THE ONLY CHANCE I HAD TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE OTHER ACFT. I SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP IMMEDIATELY. I BELIEVE THE LCL TWR CTLR HAD A CLR PICTURE OF WHERE EVERYONE WAS; AND WHERE THEY WERE GOING AT THE TIME; AND THAT SHE KNEW IF I STAYED DIRECTLY OVER THE FREEWAY I WOULD PASS BEHIND THE B737; BUT SINCE SHE DIDN'T CALL OUT THIS TFC TO ME; I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THIS PLAN. BETTER COMS ALL AROUND WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS SITUATION FROM DEVELOPING. I DO NOT BELIEVE AN UNSAFE SITUATION EVER DEVELOPED; HOWEVER; I BELIEVE THE B737 HAD TO NEEDLESSLY DO A GAR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF COM. I AM NOT SURE IF HE DID A GAR BECAUSE OF ME OR NOT; BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS BECAUSE HE NEVER DID RECEIVE HIS LNDG CLRNC. ALSO; ABOUT 10-11 HRS LATER; I HAD OCCASION TO FLY THIS EXACT RTE AGAIN; AND THIS TIME; THE CTLR TOLD ME TO REMAIN E OF THE FREEWAY. APPARENTLY; THE FIRST CTLR EXPECTED ME TO REMAIN W OF THE FREEWAY; BUT NEVER COMMUNICATED THAT TO ME. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT ASKING FOR INFO WITH REGARDS TO TFC.