My understanding (informed by Wikipedia) is that roundabouts and rotaries are very specific and distinct types of what can generally be called traffic circles....
Those of you who interpreted my question as being vehicle-independent are correct. I was not thinking about anything specific to bicycles. Of course, it is...
This is in response to Alan Forkosh's query as to whether multilane roundabouts are marked so as to direct users to a particular lane according to a particular...
darryl skrabak
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Nov 14, 2009 10:13 pm
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In Keene, NH there is an excellent example of a multiple lane roundabout. The outer lane and entry lanes are clearly marked for right-turn only. Those...
I agree with Darryl. In my traveling in England, both by bicycle and by car, I found the destination signing of roundabouts particularly good. As one...
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20091115_As_bicycle_ridership_grows__Phila__tells_scofflaws__Stop_.html Last month, two pedestrians were killed by...
Bike lanes ARE education - on that much I can agree with your local coalition - but they teach the exact opposite of what should be taught. John Franklin in...
Well, I can't figure out why the wrong way cyclist who admits he killed the pedestrian wasn't charged with something. I mean, imagine if it was a car speeding...
Did anyone else notice these prize-winning quotes on the first page? "I've always received complaints," said Philadelphia Capt. Dennis Wilson of the Ninth...
We all ought to recognize by now that the popular American view of cycling and of bicycle transportation is utterly wrong. I wrote decades ago that whatever...
I have created a new email list to discuss the practice of "bicycling driving" - using a bicycle as a driver on roadways - and all related issues. This list...
A roundabout is logically similar to a straight section of one way road with four right side intersections that has been bent into a circle. I navigate a...
Hi Avery. ... What you are describing seems to be contrary to the prevailing definition of "roundabout". I think it would more properly be called a rotary....
City Council to Propose Mandatory Registration, Brakeless Bike Confiscation.<http://blog.bicyclecoalition.org/2009/11/city-council-to-propose-mandatory.html> ...
Hi all, In the discussion of multi-lane traffic circles, there are a few things I haven't seen mentioned, and each of them makes a multi-lane traffic circle...
First of all let me declare my bias. I'm a fan of roundabouts, multi-lane or otherwiise. I'm able to keep moving and can thread through traffic backups without...
Multi-lane roundabouts do sound dangerous. First, John Schubert sounds right in his description of the difficulty maintaining a curving lane and scanning...
Greetings from England, the land of roundabouts ... Maybe so, but if you have been approaching the roundabout at 85 mph, and your car is pretty good at...
In 1985, Dorris and I cycled through the magic roundabout in Swindon, just coming to it on our way though Swindon during a tour, and the ride was easy as pie. ...
I thought they were called "circuses" in London. Seemed like a good name for them. Southern New Jersey, where I live, is also very fond of circles. But they...
Hi Jeremy, Back in the mid-1970's I worked on contract in the UK and lived less than a kilometre from the roundabout on the Broadway in Letchworth. I passed...
I'll be interested in people's reaction to the YikeBike. Here's what Adventure Cycling's Bike Bits had to say about it: YIKES! That's precisely what we might...
All this talk, but no mention of how large the circle is. There is a very large mulilane circle that I routinely use and it isn't a big deal. As has been...
The price is astonishingly high for something that looks like a cross between a design contest entry and an art show entry. Maybe that's why the price is high....
Yes, they can be big. Here's a big one, half a mile from my home. No problem to ride through, using vehicular technique. One mitigating factor though is that...
... Short wheelbase, small wheels, C of G high and close behind the front wheel -- header bait. Art school craziness pumped up with seductive marketing. John...
Whoops, I left out the link: http://john-s-allen.com/galleries/groove/ Yes, they can be big. Here's a big one, half a mile from my home. No problem to ride...
I found a selection of large UK roundabouts using Google maps, zooming in on the area around London's Heathrow Airport. Last time I rode out of the airport...
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