Research shows left turns at intersections are dangerous and slow traffic. Benjamin Rondel/The Image Bank via Getty Images Vikash Gayah: When you make a left turn, you have to cross oncoming traffic.
More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns. Some U.S. cities – including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Birmingham, Alabama – are restricting left turns. Vikash Gayah, ...
Q: I was taught when turning left at an intersection onto a street with two lanes in each direction, to turn into the left (and closest) of the two lanes. If I want to eventually be in the right-hand ...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The new hybrid displaced left turn is now open at the intersection of Stockwell Road and the Lloyd Expressway. This is part of the ongoing Lloyd4U project. This intersection ...
A city of Austin pilot program aimed at making left turns safer is showing positive results, according to an update from the city.
Construction crews earlier this week began working to permanently eliminate the left-turn option at the busy cross-shaped four-way intersection of Sunset Avenue, Eastern Boulevard and Old Carriage ...
The pilot program, started in 2024, made low-cost upgrades at 16 intersections across the city based on crash records, videos ...