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Welcome to the Roadscapes Wednesday segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Roadscapes Wednesday will feature roads and infrastructure related topics. Geek Alabama Editor / Publisher Nathan Young is often called the “road geek” for a good reason, Nathan loves roads and loves talking about roads!
Did you know Paris has no stop signs? In America, they’re everywhere.
So why did the U.S. become so obsessed with making drivers stop, and are stop signs actually the safest way to design an intersection?
In this episode of Double Take, Dakota traces how America ended up with millions of stop signs, why much of Europe chose a different path, and what roundabouts can teach us about designing safer streets.
