Comment by Symbiote

I'm not a traffic engineer, but I think making this junction more 'European' would mean one or more of:

- Forbidding on-street parking close to the junction, improving pedestrian visibility.

- Removing the sweeping curves and replacing them with sharp curves, which reduces the speed drivers can turn, and reduces the distance (thus time) pedestrians are in the road.

- Adjusting road priorities

But maybe it's a lost cause. What's described as a "walkable center" in the article seems to be a multi-lane traffic circle with some landscaping surrounded by excessively wide roads and lots of parked cars. I don't see a single pedestrian-only street.