That’s exactly what I would expect from an intersection that prioritizes safety of more vulnerable users.
Interesting intersection, but what about the combined sidewalk-cyclelane in the distance. Here where I live cyclist hate when the bicycle lane is next to the sidewalk, because pedestrians accidentally wander to the cycleway frequently. They prefer when the cycleway is next to the road instead.
You’re entirely right. Cyclists can’t take full advantage of their bikes as long as they have to watch out for pedestrians crossing. It’s equally problematic to have to be on the defensive passing every side-street.
The ideal would be to have the 3 types of traffic entirely separated. So the cycle lane is neither next to the pedestrians nor next to the cars.
In proper Dutch cities you have ‘zebra crossings’, a lot of them. This makes it unnecessary for pedestrians to casually cross cycling lines.
I think it’s a matter of culture. Dutch people by and large just keep to the rules and they aren’t stupid enough to just walk in front of bikes.
