The only roundabout I deal with daily is the new one by the WalMart Supercenter along the south belt line. It does slow the traffic a little, mostly because of the novelty. But it does restrict traffic to the same flow (counterclockwise) so that it is coming from the same direction - from the left to the right. I can not attest to the volume of traffic during the day because I work the night shift.
A bicyclist or pedestrian would have to then negotiate crossing the roundabout directly by timing the pauses between vehicles or by going around the roundabout while watching traffic approaching the intersection from left, right and or behind but not necessarily directly ahead. As a driver I'm indifferent about it. I haven't had to deal with it as a cyclist because if I rode my bike to work, I would approach work from another direction. Darryl --- Scott Ellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > I don't follow you. Why would this be a > 'high-speed' roundabout? > > > Even a low-speed one would be a nightmare for > pedestrians, and not > much better for cyclists. The whole idea of a > roundabout is that > vehicles never stop, so how can pedestrians possibly > cross? > > In addition, given the volume and speed of traffic > on Monroe St., not > to mention the large trucks, the traffic engineers > aren't going to > accept a low-speed circle. > > 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
