Scott, I don't follow you. Why would this be a 'high-speed' roundabout? -- ===== darin
---- Scott Ellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 29, 2008, at 7:20 PM, George Perkins wrote: > > The planned reconstruction of the intersection at Monroe / Regent / > > Crazy > > Legs / Breese / Oakwood on the near west side (right at the base of > > the > > giant UW football phallus) included, as one of the possible options, a > > roundabout or traffic circle. > > There is absolutely no way, short of bridges or tunnels, that a > roundabout at that intersection can be made safe and convenient for > bicyclists and pedestrians. We need to make ourselves heard on > that. While small, low-speed roundabouts can work for cyclists, even > those are very bad for pedestrians, and high speed roundabouts favor > motorists completely at the expense of cyclists and pedestrians. > > Scott Ellington > Madison, Wisconsin > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
