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Frequency of intersections, however, becomes also a disadvantage for pedestrians and bicycles.

It disrupts the relaxed canter of walking and forces pedestrians repeatedly onto the road, a hostile, anxiety-generating territory.

People with physical limitations or frailties, children and seniors for example, can find such walk challenging.

For bicycles this disadvantage is accentuated as their normal speed is at least double that of pedestrians.

Frequent stops negate the speed advantage and the physical benefit of bicycling and add to frustration.

Intersections are not only unpleasant but also dangerous.

Most traffic collisions and injuries occur at intersections and the majority of the injuries to pedestrians crossing with the right of way.