Hahaha. Are you joking? It's somewhat rare in Europe not to have a roundabout like this. They are clearly way better for pedestrians. You only have to cross half the road before you get to a safer place.
Compare this intersection which seems to have been somewhat recently upgraded:
Notice that there is also now a bend in the road so a car physically has to slow down to navigate it, unlike miles of straight traffic light intersections.
I'm a huge roundabout advocate but the user you replied to is correct. Despite the Carmel roundabout looking safer, when you're there, you don't feel like pedestrians are considered. I've driven through them.
Smaller roundabouts in narrower streets feel safer for pedestrians even if the islands are smaller. It's really the street size that is doing the work and the smaller roundabout works in conjunction with the street size to make cars behave more like they're in a turn and not a road with curves in it.
martinald|4 years ago
Compare this intersection which seems to have been somewhat recently upgraded:
From https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9679819,-86.1403832,3a,75y,2...
To
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9679454,-86.1403837,3a,75y,2...
Notice that there is also now a bend in the road so a car physically has to slow down to navigate it, unlike miles of straight traffic light intersections.
1123581321|4 years ago
Smaller roundabouts in narrower streets feel safer for pedestrians even if the islands are smaller. It's really the street size that is doing the work and the smaller roundabout works in conjunction with the street size to make cars behave more like they're in a turn and not a road with curves in it.