Joel Hamilton
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At 08:44 AM 5/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I, too, like the circles in the middle of intersections. They are
>appropriate for the meeting of 2 residential streets (like 5th and
>Howard), but not for places like the ends of the blocks on Polk at 3rd or
>6th since one of the streets in those cases is an arterial and can't be
>blocked. So, we are looking at traffic calming devices to put in the
>street between the ends....
> BL
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>On Thu, 15 May 1997, John Danahy wrote:
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>> Personally, I like the idea of little circles in the middle of
>> intersections. Two years ago I had the opportunity to drive around England
>> for three weeks and found the "round-abouts" quite entertaining. I think
>> we should establish similar intersections here.
>> Also, as someone who has spent the last fifteen years walking the streets
>> of Moscow professionally, I can speak to the fact that we are becoming a
>> politer community. More people are stopping for walkers in crosswalks.
>> (except for our local gendarmes) However, there is still a long way to go.
>> Little circles in the middle of intersections would certainly cause
>> motorists to assume some measure of caution.
>> John Danahy
>> jdanahy@turbonet.com
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