Interchange Design Eliminates Left Turns

Traffic engineers hate left turns because they slow everybody down and are dangerous to boot. Solutions such as dedicated lanes or routing traffic over intersections don’t truly solve the problems. What to do? Slate takes a look at an emerging idea called the “diverging diamond interchange,” which eliminates left turns…

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Interchange Design Eliminates Left Turns

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