Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic

Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic by bombcar on Sunday June 06, 2021 @01:19PM (#27414620)

Roundabouts can be made to handle high-traffic - supplemented by stop lights if necessary - satellite view Tijuana for some examples.

The thing is until people are used to them - which can take years if not decades - they can be slower. And they can be hard to retrofit into older locations. In cities it may be better to turn streets to one way (making all turns “right turns” effectively).

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Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic by spurgu on Sunday June 06, 2021 @01:57PM (#27414898)

Valencia, Spain is another example. I was confused in the beginning but after a day or so it felt comfortable. They have ~4 lanes in the roundabouts.

Edit: 7 lanes in this particular one: https://goo.gl/maps/HpFvtHeFTC5om81NA :o

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Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic by arrosenberg on Sunday June 06, 2021 @02:48PM (#27415284)

CDMX as well, although some of their roundabouts move in both directions, which is both insane and appeared to be the worst of all worlds.

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Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic by bombcar on Sunday June 06, 2021 @10:06PM (#27418227)

Reminds me of that study showing you could have computer controlled cars weave through an intersection without stopping and it worked fine but the passengers couldn’t stand it.

So devise an automated devil’s traffic circle with cars going in all directions.

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