Big agencies like state DOTs are being slow to adopt them IMO. Despite mountains

Sep 12, 2024
10:07:14am

scottfunkel All-American

of data on the benefits of roundabouts, it's often a hard sell. It seems like cities are warming up to them faster, but I think it will take a major shift in thinking before they become more widespread.

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Americans need to get with the program and put in roundabouts

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Sep 12, 9:13am

RE: Americans need to get with the program and put in roundabouts

Six Foot Seven

Sep 12, 9:16am

They don't work super well for managing heavily imbalanced traffic flow.

Turn and Cough

Sep 12, 9:17am

Haven't you seen a giant roundabout with traffic lights?

El Jefe

Sep 12, 9:37am

Wait, it takes a traffic light to fix the deficiencies of roundabouts....

Turn and Cough

Sep 12, 5:47pm

Have you seen how many Provo has? Some cities are much further along

Stopper6700

Sep 12, 9:18am

It was incredibly well received in Kentucky. The yellow-clad highway workers

StarMan

Sep 12, 9:19am

Some people are just dumb.

maYbe

Sep 12, 9:31am

Exactly. Put that in your computer model.

Six Foot Seven

Sep 12, 9:39am

At some point, catering to the lowest common denominator means no one can drive

russkiejedi

Sep 12, 10:41am

They have their purpose, but they get hairy when you add a dual lane.

Corn Pop

Sep 12, 9:19am

Multiple lanes are fine, if you make it a spiral

El Jefe

Sep 12, 9:39am

I think I'd need to see this spiral. I grew up with a traffic circle

Corn Pop

Sep 12, 9:57am

Wait. The question the video asks is why haven't American's adopted them, then goes

IdahoCoug

Sep 12, 9:20am

Carmel is an enormous outlier

Indy Coug

Sep 12, 9:39am

I was just kidding.

IdahoCoug

Sep 12, 9:48am

They are fine in slower traffic areas in the middle of town. We have a double

JAGA97

Sep 12, 9:24am

Idaho Falls/Shelley just put in a double roundabout on the freeway exit/entrance with

IdahoCoug

Sep 12, 9:47am

They need much better signage for those roundabouts.

cube3_cougar

Sep 12, 5:21pm

They're a little funky because they each have 5 entrance/exits instead of the typical 4 for

IdahoCoug

Sep 12, 5:36pm

The problem is our roundabouts are to small and they disrupt flow. Need Larger

Tio

Sep 12, 9:24am

Actually mini roundabouts are awesome

El Jefe

Sep 12, 9:45am

I think he’s talking about the size of the road, not the roundabout.

Yiowa

Sep 12, 6:05pm

I wonder why they removed the roundabout by the district (11400 s 3600w)

Darzog

Sep 12, 9:28am

Have you ever tried to get through Daybreak during rush hour on a friday?

TheLost

Sep 12, 9:35am

It was an odd design, but I think part of it was traffic from the Bangerter

scottfunkel

Sep 12, 9:59am

That one was terrible. It was more like an ellipse with odd angles.

BlueMark

Sep 12, 11:22am

Utah/ Wasatch Front seem to be rapidly adopting Traffic Circles

NYC and Japan

Sep 12, 9:57am

are these alien instruments like crop circles?

BYU Grounds

Sep 12, 10:03am

Big agencies like state DOTs are being slow to adopt them IMO. Despite mountains

scottfunkel

Sep 12, 10:07am

We do pretty well with them in CO.

Mitty

Sep 12, 10:35am

I feel like there are quite a bit of them around here

BaseCoug

Sep 12, 2:52pm

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