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A common urban intersection in the Netherlands (2018)
Can urban intersections be designed in such a way that motor traffic, cycling and walking flow smoothly and that the potential conflicts of these very different types of traffic crossing each other…
There is also enough space between the main road and its parallel cycleway, where drivers of cars wanting to turn into the side street can wait for people cycling, again, out-of-the-way of other traffic. This is the blanket speed limit in the built-up area and it is therefore almost never indicated.When you approach from the side street, as a driver, the order of dealing with other traffic is different, but the priority is similar. For people with impaired vision there are tactile markings in the surface, indicating the outer edge of the road.When it comes to crossing the main road, everything is plain and simple again.
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