<story><title>Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic</title><url>https://theconversation.com/sick-of-dangerous-city-traffic-remove-left-turns-161397</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>burlesona</author><text>One of the best ways to eliminate left turns is to replace four way intersections with roundabouts. This has the advantage of working even where there isn’t a grid to facilitate the “3 right turns” strategy.&lt;p&gt;For a great description of why this is so effective, see the recent freakonomics podcast:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;freakonomics.com&amp;#x2F;podcast&amp;#x2F;roundabouts&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;freakonomics.com&amp;#x2F;podcast&amp;#x2F;roundabouts&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Zababa</author><text>As a French, it&amp;#x27;s really surprising to see how other people from other countries aren&amp;#x27;t used to roundabouts. I really like how diverse roundabouts are here. Some are arranged like gardens, some have flowers, some have sculptures, some have decorations made by the local school.&lt;p&gt;A funny anecdote: we used to go to Pontarlier from time to time because our grandparents had a house here. Every time we went, we saw that [1] awful roundabout. A few years ago, it was elected as the ugliest roundabout in France.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr&amp;#x2F;image&amp;#x2F;Zb2s5pOo3hJVEKBZ-7DHxvCo0GA&amp;#x2F;930x620&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;filters:format(webp)&amp;#x2F;regions&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;5edf4dc101648_andre_malraux_masque-3419997.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr&amp;#x2F;image&amp;#x2F;Zb2s5pOo3hJVEK...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Edit: I&amp;#x27;ve edited the link to point the correct roundabout. The previous link was &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sf1am.autojournal.fr&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;9&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;rond-point-pouce-740x410.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sf1am.autojournal.fr&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;9&amp;#x2F;2018...&lt;/a&gt;)</text></comment>
<story><title>Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic</title><url>https://theconversation.com/sick-of-dangerous-city-traffic-remove-left-turns-161397</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>burlesona</author><text>One of the best ways to eliminate left turns is to replace four way intersections with roundabouts. This has the advantage of working even where there isn’t a grid to facilitate the “3 right turns” strategy.&lt;p&gt;For a great description of why this is so effective, see the recent freakonomics podcast:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;freakonomics.com&amp;#x2F;podcast&amp;#x2F;roundabouts&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;freakonomics.com&amp;#x2F;podcast&amp;#x2F;roundabouts&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>alksjdalkj</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a little skeptical that it would be safer for pedestrians and bikes.  Bikes need to merge with traffic already in the roundabout instead of simply going straight through an intersection, and pedestrians would need to always check for oncoming cars rather than being able to mostly rely on lights telling them when they can cross.&lt;p&gt;But then most of my experience with roundabouts is with  large, multilane roundabouts so the traffic is still pretty fast - maybe smaller roundabouts with significantly slower traffic would be safer than I&amp;#x27;m picturing.</text></comment>