Interesting point of view, but very far from what I said. I think blocking any traffic, be it pedestrian, cyclist or cars is bad. I would also wager that forci

Interesting point of view, but very far from what I said. I think blocking any traffic, be it pedestrian, cyclist or cars is bad. I would also wager that forcing cycles to cross over car roads is terrible from a safety perspective, exactly because both are going at speed, and both are in each other’s “dead angle”. In this article[1], they claim 70% of accidents in roundabouts are due to cars not seeing cycles. I do believe that drivers in Copenhagen are by-and-large more acquainted with cyclists popping up, but still. The same article documents an experiment in France where cyclists are invited to occupy the middle lane of the roundabout, and just behave as a car would. It makes them more visible (both by cars in the roundabout and those trying to enter), and removes the number of “exceptions”. It would most likely slow down car traffic, but that’s fine. The important thing is to not come to an absolute stop. There’s also a study by CEREMA on how to enable cyclists to utilise and be safer in roundabouts: https://www.cerema.fr/fr/system/files?file=documents/2017/12/CEREMA_Etude_Positionnement-cycliste-giratoire_cle1a154e.pdf https://www.cerema.fr/fr/system/files?file=documents/2017/12... [1]: https://13commeune.fr/actualite/ronds-points-quand-les-velos-circulent-au-milieu-cest-mieux/ https://13commeune.fr/actualite/ronds-points-quand-les-velos...