A recent discussion has emerged around the potential benefits of banning left turns at busy city intersections. Studies suggest that eliminating approximately half of the left turns at a city's busiest intersections could reduce total travel times by about 15%. Advocates argue that reducing automobile traffic in urban cores is logical, similar to how highways are restricted to automobile traffic. Daniel Pink and Drew Goins have both highlighted the inconvenience caused by left turns, with Goins noting the frustration of waiting for one left-turner blocking 15 other cars. The proposal has garnered mixed reactions, with some emphasizing the inconvenience caused by left turns.
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"There is almost certainly a left turn you hate," Drew Goins writes in the Today's Opinions newsletter. "Think of it now. Imagine all the extra seconds of podcast you’ve listened to waiting for the one left-turner who’s blocking 15 other cars." https://t.co/TNuYR00dPe https://t.co/s0ZK3oZhxY
Why not ban left turns on busy streets? Here's the latest from @DanielPink: https://t.co/bFCpRWh1t4
As a certified Bike Guy and Bad-Drivers-Yeller-At, it pains me to say @tolles makes kind of a decent point here in his @sfstandard debut. https://t.co/db1JN9NaEz
"I think if you strip all politics, preferences and judgments away, it basically makes sense to reduce automobile traffic in the urban core, in the same exact way it makes sense to allow only automobile traffic on highways." @ad_mastro https://t.co/1CxImPG5xy
“that getting rid of roughly half the left turns at a city’s busiest intersections can reduce total travel times by about 15%” https://t.co/qc2fwxa0pR