On: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to s...

[jacoblambda]

Yep. Hence the appeal of turning the intersection into a roundabout and pulling the stoplights 3-5 cars from the roundabout and only stopping traffic when pedestrians are present (i.e. puffin and pelican crossing style). It gives cars enough time to turn and then halt with a bright red stop light to catch their attention.

[rcpt → jacoblambda]

Roundabout + pedestrian stoplight is probably fine. I don't think I've ever seen one and I live not too far from where the article is written.

Seems like it's still worse for pedestrians as they have to wait for the beg button.

[jacoblambda → rcpt]

Here's a link to the Massachusetts Dept of Transportation's guide on designing/building roundabouts:

https://www.mass.gov/doc/massdot-guidelines-for-the-planning...

It provides solid guidance on how roundabouts should approach crossings to minimize risk of accidents or collisions without impeding traffic.

Probably the best graphic is on page 45, figure 5-13