Douglas<p>Unpopular opinion for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> : every intersection with a stop light should be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roundabouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roundabouts</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rotaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rotaries</span></a>. </p><p>With the power out here in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monterey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monterey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> from yesterday's storms, many of the lights had their backup batteries fail and are completely dark. It would be so much safer if everything was a roundabout instead. No need for power! </p><p>Passive infrastructure is so much better and more resilient.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a></p>