How To Navigate Protected Intersections (in London, Ontario)
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- Protected Intersections are here to stay in London, Ontario… so here's the official visual guidebook of how to navigate these new, safer intersections!
This project, featuring three new videos (this is 2 of the 3), is a collaboration between London Cycle Link and the City of London.
Additional funding provided by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO)'s Road Safety Community Partnership Program.
For more information, check out london.ca/roadsafety
Visit www.londoncyclelink.ca/ to learn about everything that London Cycle Link does :)
Video Produced by @BenDurham (defiantsheep.ca/ for business inquiries).
⌚ Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:26 Anatomy of a Protected Intersection
01:09 Navigating by Bicycle
01:50 Turning Left on a Bicycle
02:39 Navigating as a Pedestrian
03:22 Navigating by Automobile
~ Tags ~
#ldnont
#londonontario
#safestreets
#drivereducation
#walkablecity
#protectedintersections
It should be mandatory that every person with a drivers license must watch at least a couple dozen of these videos 😂
That's what is done in many European countries.
We can do that. We just haven't because people don't care to fix our driver education and tests.
Holy shit they adopted the Dutch intersection in North America. Holy mary jesus it's a miracle.
Thank you, London Ontario, for slowly making an effort in making the city less and less car centric. It will have great benefits in the long run.
This is a huge leap forward. I love it! 1 step to progress.
I appreciate that you highlighted left turns are still allowed to be handled from the left lane. I've had cars get upset because I merged into traffic to use the left turn lane, or turned left but merged back into the bike lane. We are still vehicles. Just because there are these new lanes doesn't mean cars stop sharing the road.
Setting aside the great infrastructure for a moment, the production value of this PSA was excellent! It perfectly explained the "what", "why", and "how" in a clear engaging way. This video should serve as a model for other cities trying to implement safe bike infrastructure!
We need these all over North America.
Someone get NJB on this
This video: "This bike infrastructure in London..."
NJB: "I'll allow it."
I wish these were popular in the US. Many of our streets don't even have sidewalks
They're coming, just slowly. In the PNW, Bellevue and Seattle just added their first protected intersections. Those are just the two that I'm aware of, but I know there are more being added sporadically throughout US cities.
@@LimitedWard I can think of one near me in Berkeley. Plus some other intersections that have other calming measures, like bulbouts.
come to canada
no way! it makes the city more mixed now instead of car centric
So, things are actually starting to change even in Jason Slaughter's cherished "fake London"! "Not just bikes" will no doubt rush to release some reaction, I guess... 😊
He probably wont release anything and just continue to complain
@@JustinJamesJeep 😂
that's a street from the old Crash videos WOW
My only quip about these, is the concrete islands should have a post to hit the crosswalk button. Aside from that the designs are great and the video is lovely.
Beg buttons are so annoying though
Fake London is improving!
Those small curbs must be enjoyable for lory drivers
Nice video!
THIS IN Canada .. Whaat
Now to move the traffic lights to the nearside of the intersection.
I wonder what not just bikes thinks about this
Right on reds should no longer be the default.
I can’t wait for the conspiracy theorists to pop up in here! I wish I could get tagged whenever a new comment pops up
Yep! This is no doubt some conspiracy from the leftist Deep State😉
Oh the famed "Fake London" @notjustbikes
Not just bikes made them do this
I have lived and cycled in London for almost 50 years. I do not like these new intersections. They are visually confusing and don't work for riding as a vehicle not a pedestrian. Particularly at Ridout and Commissioners. If I am riding north wanting to turn right and the light is green, I will need to almost stop before turning. Marking the bike lanes with green lines through the intersection is much clearer. Without slowing the pace of cars through the intersection, I do not think they will have the desired effect
I also think the recent separation of the bike lanes on Cheapside is a bad idea. The cars were going slower before they were put in place. Now that the cars can ignore the bikes they are going faster again.
I applaud the effort to get more people riding bikes and make it safer. But new things should be tested and proven before used elsewhere. There may be some situations that are more suitable and some that are not. Like using roundabouts in neighbourhoods before main intersections.
yes i think we should look at the effects first before expanding, but have expansion plans in the works quickly
I agree. I've been a cyclist for about as long as you. Sometimes, it seems these bike lanes create more harm than good. 1) False sense of security for cyclists. 2) Motorists become confused (trust me, that happened to me recently when I was on my bike). 3) Just a plain, ugly confusing mess that works for no one. Did you know the Bicycle Signal light at Dundas and Ridout allows cars to turn left from the opposite direction? I've been almost hit more than once thinking I had clear right of way. Just. Plain. Stupid. I've ridden around downtown T.O. before there were any bike lanes and survived. Somehow, I have more difficulty dealing with bike lanes and these confusing intersections than I do just dealing with plain old traffic!
@@MrPage62 I cycle up Riidout to Dundas on my way to work. To get to Riverside W, I take the bike lane the wrong way on the west side from King to Dundas then turn left down the hill past the Gallery the wrong way to the bridge and Wharncliffe Rd. This avoids two awkward interactions with traffic. Not strictly according to the rules but much easier.
I'm an avid cyclist. Let's stop building all these ridiculous concrete barricades and bumpers and plastic "slappers" and hectares of green paint. None of it is effective, and it's ugly. I actually prefer to ride in traffic because I'm aware and don't have a false sense of security. Sorry, but Fake London is NOT Amsterdam (yes, I've ridden a bicycle there, too). How about spending all these millions on educating kids (and adults) how to ride safely? Do you remember Bike Rodeos? Yes, I got 100% at a Rodeo as a kid, and that taught me how to ride around downtown Toronto without injury. Spend a few bucks on educating motorists, too...
@notjustbikes