The U.S. Now Has 12 Protected Intersections, Up From 4 In 2015 And 0 In 2014

The country's newest major bike-lane innovation is very young. But so far, it's spreading faster than the protected bike lane did.

Protected intersections — a clever way to rearrange traffic so that people on bikes and cars no longer have to look over their shoulders for each other — have existed for decades in other countries. But after they were visualized for the U.S. context in 2011 by the Dutch blogger Mark Wagenbuur and given a name in 2014 by the U.S. planner Nick Falbo, the design burst into the spotlight. Last year, four opened to regular traffic: two in Austin, one in Salt Lake City and one in Davis, California.

This year, the country added eight more. They arrived in Atlanta, Ga.; Berkeley, Calif.; Chicago, Ill.; College Station, Tex.; and San Francisco, Calif.

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