NEW OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS
New FHWA study of #ProtectedIntersections shows:
🚗 Improved driver-yielding rates to people walking and biking,
🐢 Slower driver turning speeds,
🚴♀️ People on bikes following the design intent,
🚸 Less pedestrian exposure to right-turning drivers.
https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/FHWA-HRT-23-033.pdf
@danbrotherston proving what we know is a necessary step in changing the default expectation, which is necessary to chart progress toward the goals, which is necessary to change the culture.
These studies won't change the minds of the die-hard institutional antis, they will give the meaty middle of the engineering bell curve that excels at implementing proven solutions a bit more confidence in exactly how to do better.
@bikepedantic This is a nice doc! I also love how far back the stop bars are in this particular intersection. Just needs exclusively near-side signals to complete it (absolutely compatible with MUTCD 40-ft rule).
@bikepedantic I mean, the problem is that the average state DOT engineer is looking at that list and seeing a list of 3 non-goals and 1 anti-goal.
We KNOW this is how we achieve it, we need to change the culture around the actual goals we aim to achieve.