This got redesigned and made much much worse:
This has now been redesigned again and now looks like this:
As the IGF Blog points out the desire line of pedestrinas and cyclists has been totally ignored. The rediculasly wide road with low traffic has not been questioned or addressed and unnatural behavior of pedestrains expected.
At least the turning cars now have stacking space and do not have to worry about getting rammed by a tram as they negotiate through the pedestrians, but that is the only improvement.
This is what I think the Dutch would do:
However "Wien ist Anders". Why do the Vienna planners need to create so much conflict between road users, when it is not necessary? This whole story would be funny if it was not such an embarrassing mess that creates so much conflict and resentment between groups. This is just one crossing at one junction...
I belive people will choose to cycle if it is the quickest, most convenient and a safe way to get from A to B. If the city really want to increase cycling modal share then they need to understand that this level of planning is not good enough. Back to the drawing board or are we expected to put up with this crap.
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