A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists

Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists by brewdad on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @11:17AM (#16116114)

Portland gets this wrong in every possible way. First, drivers turning right must yield to bikes in the bike lane passing on the right (not unreasonable IMO). However, state law also makes it illegal to pull into the bike lane and establish a position to turn right. Add in pedestrians and it's almost impossible to make a right turn on some roads at rush hour.

For some reason, we seem to have a lot of car/bike/ped conflicts.

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Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists by PeterisP on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:06PM (#16116643)

Around here it's generally solved by having separate traffic lights for cars, pedestrians and the bike lane, and having some extra time every cycle of lights where it's red for bikes and pedestrians but green for cars to enable those turns.

E.g. this shot in google maps - https://www.google.lv/maps/@56.9578862,24.1189538,3a,75y,240... ; it's green for cars, but red for the bike lane on the right side.

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