The photos in the article are irrelevant to both subject of the title - city streets, and turning left away from controlled intersections: The intersections are

The photos in the article are irrelevant to both subject of the title - city streets, and turning left away from controlled intersections: The intersections are large, arterial-scale, rather than typical surface streets in a city. Both have medians to prevent left turns away from the signalled intersections. The first photo also provides an example of a left turn lane blocked by a t-bone crash of two drivers who appear to have not been turning at the time of their crash. That's one way to stop drivers from turning left, but perhaps not the best possible traffic control strategy. Side note - Based on a quick search of the article's tagline, this article was simultaneously broadcast across many outlets on June 2nd, 2021 [0]. Someone had a motivation to get this distributed far and wide. [0] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22sick+of+dangerous+city+traffic%22 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22sick+of+dangerous+city+traffic%...