I mean this in a geometric sense: you have traffic flows from different directions pointed at each other, and traffic proceeds in pulses through them. In SF you frequently see four-way stops where cars have all but given up on truly stopping.
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I hold that any four-way stop in a city should be rehabilitated into a traffic vortex (roundabout or traffic circle) instead of trying to dealer-shuffle cars at each other through intersections.
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But way easier for pedestrians and cyclists to traverse safely.
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WSDOT data (for example) opposes this view: https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Safety/roundabouts/benefits.htm … And personally as a pedestrian and a cyclist [primarily], all the most terrifying intersections I can think of in my city are four-way stops. Roundabouts are far more tractable IME.
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Additionally, it seems that implementation detail can significantly improve the experience of this. http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/data/faq_details.cfm?id=3454 …
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