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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A roundabout does not protect people riding bicycles. This intersection is designed to make them more visible to drivers.

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  • [+] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're assuming that most people are decent law abiding drivers and won't be impatient and simply use that as another lane or parking spot.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Not if "protected" means "separated by a barrier".

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Can you draw that? How does it work when a bicycle wants to go straight and a car wants to turn right? Either you would need underpasses/overpasses or accept that cars and bikes will constantly cross each other, which in practice means the bikes will be in danger.

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  • [+] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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    They put in protected bike lanes on big street near me. Bike lane-parking-traffic. So many ‘bike allies ‘ saying “it makes me more nervous to drive, I have to look for the cyclists now”.

    In a large part of the US at least, it’s never going to be default behavior.

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