I had two meat-heads swear at me for riding my bike through that intersection last spring. Apparently they didn't like that I was next.  More often than not people patiently wait but I still get cutoff plenty there.  I do live a block from their so that is my most frequented intersection and I can't think of any better intersection so I give it a second.  It is miles better than trying to cross college street where the campus police don't even stop for pedestrians in the cross walk.

I think it has to do with the nice people who live near that intersection!! Seriously, it's a wonderful intersection -- esp compared to the horrible intersection at Skyline and 11th above Peace Church. I had someone jump her turn, then flip me off b/c I started going, as it was my turn.

I like the intersection at 9th St and 10th Ave E, people wait their turn at that one too.

Worst intersection is 1st Ave E and Michigan St.  Altough, there are about 8 free parking spaces on Michigan St.  The meters were never replaced after the Wieland Bldg was constructed.

Kenwood/11th/Skyline is bad, but as doubledutch says it use to be worse.

At any intersection, just give ME the right of way. It is so much easier than trying to remember the "car on the right has the right-of-way" thing. Just assume I get to go first. You've got plenty of time...

TopofHill, I'd say East is a wonderfully designed school, but only the third finest high school--by architecture--in Duluth. The original Duluth Central is a marvelous example of romanesque revival and Denfeld was consciously designed to reflect academic traditions--or something like that. Hey Lundgren, please describe how Denfeld's "H" design is remarkable, would ya?

And yes, 11th/Skyline/Kenwood/Martha is the worst I've experienced in town, especially in the fall with new students at UMD and CSS learning to navigate Duluth. I once honked at a UMD student who ran the stop (not even slowing down, just straight through at 40 mph off Kenwood) while talking on her cel phone. She didn't even turn her head, just stuck her arm out the window and her finger in the air, almost an unconscious, automatic response.

Here is an interesting article I read a few years ago about cities in Europe forgoing all traffic rules in favor of anarchy.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,448747,00.html


Seems ideal.

Tony D.  Would agree w/Duluth school arechitecure.  Not any side of town issue being expressed, just a nice intersection with all the elements in place. (and no East students walking in the street and driving recklessly-but alas that problem will be taken care of soon.)

If this were an ebay review:

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Seriously though - great little 4-way we have. I always feel safe going to band practice.

At least we don't have any intersections like this...

22nd E and 1st St. There's literally no traffic here. You don't have to stop. It's great.

11th/Skyline/Kenwood would be great if re-configured as a "roundabout." As it is now, signaling your turn means nothing.

The WORST is the new frontage road/Burning Tree Road intersection by Super One- it's a three-way stop and all the roads that converge there are 4 lanes. The only cars that aren't required to stop are coming off of highway 53 and still going quite fast. It is difficult and dangerous to get across, especially during busy times. I have already seen accidents there.  That used to be my route- first Target then the grocery store via the frontage road. Now I have to plan the shopping trip route more strategically to avoid that intersection. It's just too crazy and dangerous to risk.

huitz:

I've never heard the "D" story, and was always told it was an "H" shape, not an "I".

This is from my "Zenith" book:

Denfeld Senior Hugh School
4405 W. 4th Street - 1926
Abraham Holstead & William J. Sullivan, Architects
Built in a style dubbed Collegiate English Gothic, Denfeld High School (home of the Hunters) reflects Renaissance ideals. The building is shaped like an H with a rising clock tower that stands for "aspiring idealism." The building's eight buttresses were intended to represent "the eight types of human beings who supported the human kingdom: masters, rulers, philanthropists, philosophers, magicians, scientists, devotees, and artists." Stone carvings of Renaissance symbolism adorn the school. The building is still in use as a high school today; it takes its name from Robert E. Denfeld, Duluth's superintendent of schools for over thirty years beginning in 1885.

Denfeld has a spaceship?!? Lucky!