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Thanks for asking! It's apparently reduced accidents dramatically. Mainly because the intersections are the most dangerous places to be. In fact, they are thinking that putting crosswalks at four-way intersections now, may be the most dangerous place for pedestrians. Here is what the fact sheet from NHTSA says: “Stopping discourages bicycling, substantially increasing time, energy expenditure, discomfort, risk of collisions, and risk for strain and overuse injuries” (Tekle, 2017).

For more, here is the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration fact sheet.

Tekle, A. M. (2017, October 30). Roll on, cyclist: The Idaho rule, traffic law, and the quest to incentivize urban cycling, Chicago-Kent Law Review 92(2). https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/...w/vol92/iss2/8