There is a 2008 federal study that found bus-pedestrian collisions are more than twice as likely to happen during left turns. The danger is so much greater that several transit agencies have eliminated left-hand turns including Des Moines,Iowa and Cleveland, Ohio.
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Here's my comment:
Lots of false statements here -
1) Des Moines didn't totally eliminate left turns. They eliminated left turns in the downtown core.
2) I could find no evidence that Cleveland has eliminated left turns. Only that they instituted a policy to wait 2 seconds before turning, and have provided extra training regarding left turns.
3) UPS eliminated left turns to safe fuel. They might be saying that it's for safety now, but the original reason they did it was money - not safety.
Here's NY Times article about this from 2007.
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