The shit Americans will create to avoid making a circle…
This is not an American invention, nor is it interchangeable with a roundabout.
The main priority of roundabouts is safe traffic flow for cars, but they can (sometimes) still be very hostile to pedestrians. This type of intersection is meant to prioritize pedestrians as much as possible. The narrow street slows vehicles, and the sidewalk bump outs make people trying to cross the street extra visible and minimize the time they need to be vulnerable in the middle of the road.
Which isn’t to say that roundabouts are necessarily bad, they just serve different purposes
Yep. I visited London for the first time last summer. They have protected pedestrian crossings everywhere and it’s really nice. A very walkable city.
Am I the only one who thinks that the design decision to eliminate the ability for cars to both cross Dexter or make left turns anywhere is a deliberate choice to create driver frustration and reduce favorable attitudes towards building more of these?
Normal protected intersections are terrific and allow automotive traffic to flow in all directions. What was the thought process here?
I think the idea is to discourage drivers from using Thomas, and try to make it the main east-west bike corridor in the area.
Stopping people from driving directly to where they want to go reduces traffic apparently.
They use it very deliberately in larger cities to just make driving downtown a hassle.
If it’s just a bit more annoying, people are less inclined to do it.
I’m confused about what is street level and what is curb level but I do like how it appears to prioritize safety of pedestrians and cyclists over everything
Here’s a video that shows what it’s like to bike through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox1g45ccoQ8
Bit annoying that bikes have to wait for two separate crossing signals to turn, but overall, it looks a lot safer.
Where I live they rarely wait for one, or even pay any attention to traffic signals at all, for that matter. They seem to have an issue with the whole “sharing the road means we have to follow the same rules, otherwise I have no idea what you’re going to do or when you’re going to do it, and that’s how accidents happen” concept.
Lol. Stupid ass take 🤣
Feel free to think so, I’ll be the one still walking after the accident lol
