Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by raffraffraff on Sunday June 06, 2021 @03:17PM
(#27415507)
Unless it's a motorway-style roundabout with many multiple lanes and high velocity traffic, I much prefer to "pretend to be a car" when I cycle through roundabouts. The busiest roundabout I regularly cycle through has 2 lanes and 6 roads intersect at it. I can't imagine wanting to use it if I had to operate outside the basic rules of roundabouts.
Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by Kim_Bruning on Sunday June 06, 2021 @03:33PM
(#27415631)
Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR5l48_h5Eo
Mode separation for motor, bicycle, and foot traffic; all traffic crosses as close to 90 degrees as possible (for visibility reasons); priority markings on pavement; speed bump on one of the entrances to slow traffic; and a lot more features I couldn't tell you about.
( I sometimes watch https://www.youtube.com/c/NotJustBikes/ , but I'm no traffic expert )
Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by Doxin on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:50AM
(#27421448)
This is incorrect. To a rounding error all the roundabouts I have encountered (in the Netherlands, where I live) have the cycle lane follow the car lane, and give cyclists right-of-way over the cars. You'll occasionally see one where the cycle lane is separated from the roundabout, but I only know of one from the top of my head.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alternative_dutch_...
Multi-lane intersections on major roads should just have a left-turn lane with a separate signal phase.