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A $20 Fix Helped This City Cut Traffic Deaths To Zero (www.carscoops.com)
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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I prefer traffic circles, but this is a step in the right direction and can be retrofit to the car-centric US infrastructure to make it just a little less pedestrian hostile.

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Traffic circles... Presumably you mean the super compact euro ones? "Normal" ones are hell as a pedestrian.

[–] mech@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In Europe, we call the super compact ones "normal".

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

We struggle with explicit circles.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I guess technically these are called roundabouts. I've seen a few of the bigger ones that are decently pedestrian friendly with good visibility and well marked crossings. But yeah most of the big ones are gauntlets.