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There's usually no need to yield, traffic signals regulate that. The idea here is to create a more forgiving environment where making mistakes is less likely an

There's usually no need to yield, traffic signals regulate that. The idea here is to create a more forgiving environment where making mistakes is less likely and less harmful. Thousands of these intersections have been build, here's some examples and some US context and research: https://youtu.be/5HDN9fUlqU8 https://youtu.be/5HDN9fUlqU8 http://www.protectedintersection.com http://www.protectedintersection.com https://altago.com/wp-content/uploads/Evolution-of-the-Protected-Intersection_ALTA-2015.pdf https://altago.com/wp-content/uploads/Evolution-of-the-Prote...

u801e 6y ago
> There's usually no need to yield, traffic signals regulate that Yet, the one example of a protected intersection I'm aware of in the US in Salt Lake City Utah[1] doesn't have bicycle specific traffic signals that regulate turning movements. They rely on motorists yielding to cyclists, or cyclists yielding to motorists. This causes problems when cyclists believe they have pedestrian style right-of-way when there's no law supporting that notion and it's not possible to see a cyclist moving at 20 to 30 feet per second in time to yield to them as they're about to cross the path of the motorist. [1] https://twitter.com/i/status/654674368597852161 https://twitter.com/i/status/654674368597852161