Why not just install a roundabout?
Roundabouts need more space than a regular crossing and there are buildings on all four corners here.
Because roundabouts prioritize motorists, their safety, and convenience. Clearly the goal here is to improve pedestrian and cyclist survival and convenience.
Seems the opposite to me. I see in this picture what is essentially a roundabout but missing the central island, meaning people can drive straight through.
Roundabouts force motorists to slow down and can still provide a safe perimeter around the edge for pedestrians and bicyclists.
A roundabout does not protect people riding bicycles. This intersection is designed to make them more visible to drivers.
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.
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.
In the render it clearly shows no curb between cars and cyclist, so fuck all will change and they will keep parking and driving on cyclist lane. Not unless that is a shitty render and they are bringing actual curbs.
It’s good, but still needs raised barriers. You can see on the graphic a truck driving right over into the cycling lane.
Hope it’s the first of many!
“After worries about the first diverging diamond interchange”
Lol we’ve had these in Oklahoma for a fucking while… If we can handle it surely they can.