See the youtube channel Not Just Bikes[1], specifically videos like - "Why the Dutch wait less at traffic lights" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbVWXzL4-4

See the youtube channel Not Just Bikes[1], specifically videos like - "Why the Dutch wait less at traffic lights" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbVWXzL4-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbVWXzL4-4 argues that American traffic engineering is optimised for car movement, at the expense of pedestrians and bikes, whereas Dutch traffic engineering is to minimise conflict between vehicles and maximise movement of people overall. Leading to more complex but more efficient intersections. - "The Dutch solution for safer sidewalks - continuous sidewalks" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OfBpQgLXUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OfBpQgLXUc has crossings at junctions where cars and people intersect designed so the cars visibly have to travel over the sidewalk through the people's area, instead of designed so the people have to visibly travel over the road, through the car's area. - "Crossing the street shouldn't be dangerous, but it is" [in North America] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ByEBjf9ktY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ByEBjf9ktY talking about length of crossings on wide road, traffic signals, priorities, etc. [1] https://www.youtube.com/c/NotJustBikes/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/NotJustBikes/videos