Originally Posted by
randya
the worst intersections for cyclists in Portland are the result of interstate highway overlays. get rid of the highways and the highest hazard intersections would all go away overnight.
That is a problem in most of the U.S., because the freeway engineers design the interfaces between the freeways and the remainder of the road system, and in their 1950s car culture mindset, they really do not care about the safety and efficiency of pedestrians or bicyclists. It is time for local authorities, accountable to local residents, to take charge of these intersections. Freeway-style free merges and diverges are great on freeways themselves, but they are inappropriate at the mouths of access ramps.
Novel idea: Let's do away with those freeway ramp meters, which keep ramps from functioning properly as acceleration lanes (much-needed for many of us with underpowered cars), and traffic calm the mouths of the ramps.
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