[bullfight]

Protected Bike lanes are great and hopefully we start getting Protected Intersections to go with them.

This site has a great video which describes the protected intersection. Having traversed them quite a bit as a cyclist, motorist, and pedestrian, they are delight to use.

http://www.protectedintersection.com/

[arjunnarayan]

This site is brilliant, and thank you for that link. I followed some of the citations. The video on the site makes it seem like it's an experimental idea, but to be clear, here is this dutch video showing that exact design in use - today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlApbxLz6pA

I can only dream of living in a place where I could bike with such safety. I regularly get honked at/shouted at in Philadelphia --- for biking in bike lanes, because, apparently, drivers in Philly believe that it is their sovereign right to drive in green painted bike lanes when they wish to turn right. Maybe I should revise my "move to Canada" life plan, and make it "move to Amsterdam".

[bullfight]

This design radically reorients your attention to that which is in front of you thereby significantly reducing the chance that you will miss something or "not see" that ped/cyclist, etc.

In many intersections a big part of this includes clearly marking whom has the right of the way through an intersection negating the need for signals which leads to far less intersection congestion.

* As a pedestrian the ease of crossing at intersection is unmatched, no more walking halfway into the intersection to see around parked cars.

* As a cyclist it fundamentally transforms the experience. Every ride can be taken at ease and in comfort. No more fighting for your life.

* As a motorist you worry much less about hitting a cyclist or pedestrian because they are always in front of you where you can see them. NO more straining to check every blind spot 3 times before a turn.