04-18-2019, 09:35 PM
Not sure how many folks here have seen Bicycle Dutch, the creator, Mark Wagenbuur, has put together so many great videos on cycling in the Netherlands. This week he gives us a great reminder of the fact that our car oriented cities are a choice, one that the Netherlands made in the 60s the changed back, and that change is possible.
However, I caught something else interesting in the video:
The triangular concrete protrusions in the road, I don't know what to call them, I'd call them sharks teeth if that wasn't already something else, but it's amazing to see such aggressive protection for drivers cutting a corner on an already tight turn radii, when I feel the need to ask engineers in our region to make sure that they will be using barrier curbs on our corners instead of roll curbs on our corners with enormous turn radii.
A hit and run driver hit a pedestrian standing on the corner of King/Queen in DTK a few years ago, I wonder if that person would have been spared the pain and suffering if we built these into our roads.
However, I caught something else interesting in the video:
The triangular concrete protrusions in the road, I don't know what to call them, I'd call them sharks teeth if that wasn't already something else, but it's amazing to see such aggressive protection for drivers cutting a corner on an already tight turn radii, when I feel the need to ask engineers in our region to make sure that they will be using barrier curbs on our corners instead of roll curbs on our corners with enormous turn radii.
A hit and run driver hit a pedestrian standing on the corner of King/Queen in DTK a few years ago, I wonder if that person would have been spared the pain and suffering if we built these into our roads.