Word: drachten
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...summit, a streaming video showed cars, cyclists and pedestrians passing in a polite quadrille of nods and hand gestures through a Monderman-designed intersection in the Dutch town of Drachten. Since this "naked" junction was created in 2004, speeds through the town have slowed dramatically. Yet because there are no enforced waits at traffic lights, the crossing time has dropped from 50 to 30 seconds, while accidents have fallen from an average of nine a year to just...
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