Voorrangsplein! Part 1 – The Ranty Highwayman
My trip to the Netherlands in 2017 seems a long way in the past and I’m itching to go on another visit. I have no idea when it will be possible and so I have to rely on my photos, Google Streetview and reading up on innovations and there’s another junction type which I didn’t quite manage to see.
I like the Dutch approach to road junction design as it stems from their Sustainable Safety approach. Perhaps the most exotic and lesser known junctions is the wonderfully named “voorrangsplein”, which translates as “priority square”. It’s for use in situations where there are quieter side roads which need connecting to busier main roads where the use of traffic signals and roundabouts are avoided.