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28209
My understanding (informed by Wikipedia) is that roundabouts and rotaries are very specific and distinct types of what can generally be called traffic circles....
Eli Damon
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Nov 14, 2009
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28210
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...
Eli Damon
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Nov 14, 2009
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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
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28212
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...
Bruce Lierman
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Nov 14, 2009
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28213
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...
John Forester
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Nov 14, 2009
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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20091115_As_bicycle_ridership_grows__Phila__tells_scofflaws__Stop_.html Last month, two pedestrians were killed by...
Peter Rosenfeld
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Nov 15, 2009
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28215
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...
Serge Issakov
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Nov 15, 2009
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28216
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...
opeapea
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Nov 16, 2009
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28217
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...
JohnB
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Nov 16, 2009
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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...
John Forester
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Nov 16, 2009
3:04 pm
28219
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...
Serge Issakov
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Nov 17, 2009
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28220
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...
avery
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Nov 18, 2009
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28221
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....
Eli Damon
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Nov 18, 2009
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City Council to Propose Mandatory Registration, Brakeless Bike Confiscation.<http://blog.bicyclecoalition.org/2009/11/city-council-to-propose-mandatory.html> ...
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Nov 18, 2009
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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...
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Nov 18, 2009
3:30 pm
28224
... This is a concise and intuitive analogy and description. Thanks, and welcome back Avery. Wayne...
Wayne Pein
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Nov 18, 2009
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... For these reasons one should drive quite slowly in a multi-lane. Wayne...
Wayne Pein
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Nov 18, 2009
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28226
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...
avery
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Nov 19, 2009
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28227
Multi-lane roundabouts do sound dangerous. First, John Schubert sounds right in his description of the difficulty maintaining a curving lane and scanning...
Kat Iverson
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Nov 19, 2009
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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...
Jeremy
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Nov 19, 2009
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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. ...
John Forester
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Nov 20, 2009
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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...
Peter Rosenfeld
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Nov 20, 2009
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28231
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...
avery
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Nov 20, 2009
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28232
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...
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Nov 20, 2009
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28233
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...
Eric Vey
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Nov 20, 2009
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28234
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....
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Nov 20, 2009
2:56 pm
28235
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...
John S. Allen
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Nov 21, 2009
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... 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...
John S. Allen
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Nov 21, 2009
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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...
John S. Allen
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Nov 21, 2009
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28238
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...
avery
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