Originally Posted by
GovernorSilver
This "protection intersection" design was influenced by bike-friendly intersections from around the world - I would imagine for those western US arterial road intersections the design might draw more ideas from something like this:
FYI, bicycles are required to take two-step ("Copenhagen") turns at intersections in Japan (where the picture was taken). Turning directly from the general travel lane (or turn lane) is illegal. It makes the design in the picture more reasonable.
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