01-22-2015, 12:20 PM
(01-22-2015, 11:06 AM)mpd618 Wrote:(01-22-2015, 09:35 AM)jamincan Wrote: Maybe they should put signs up prior to entering the roundabout reminding drivers to watch for pedestrians and cyclists. ... Maybe they need to install speed bumps on the exits to the roundabouts.
Signs don't really do much to affect behavior. The biggest influence is the design - there is a world of difference between the highway-offramp-style roundabouts the Region is building, and the Dutch style that have narrower lanes, sharper turns into and out of the roundabout, shorter crossing distances for pedestrians, etc.
In Europe large roundabouts and/or roundabouts that support heavy traffic have one more distinguishing feature: Overpasses/underpasses for pedestrians and cyclists.
Yes this costs more. A lot more. Evidently Europeans value human life a lot more than do our local planners and politicians.