FRESNO, Calif. – Changes are now taking place at one of Fresno’s most notorious intersections.
The North Fresno intersection at Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue, known more popularly as “Friant Roulette,” has long motivated locals to advocate for traffic improvements and has even drawn attention internationally thanks to a YouTube channel that has live-streamed multiple accidents there.
City officials recently installed a new traffic signal above the third lane traveling northbound on Friant Road — a lane that previously didn’t have its own signal directly overhead — so that each of the road’s five northbound lanes has its own dedicated signal…