Light Traffic, Heavy Backup

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The Milpas Roundabout at State Highway 144 and Highway 101 is an example why Traffic Design Manuals recommend against roundabouts being built on urban streets or State Highways. It cost over $5 Million to "improve" this intersection, and now cars sometimes backed up past the next intersection causing gridlock.
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[ansbdem]

First. Are you driving AND videotaping. If so, are you also with "Stupidity is basic?" -- If this was a red light, you'd have waited a lot longer. Roundabouts always get me a bit nervous, but I think they're a fine solution and, in THIS case, this one works for me.

[NOMeasureA2008]

Thanks for commenting. #1, No.

#2- No, I am not with your organization. I have to disagree with you about the signal time based on several persons' 10+ years of driving that street several times per day, especially for the backed up Right lane. You did not mention any facts except that roundabouts always make you "nervous", so perhaps you work for the Transportation Planning Department? Perhaps you enjoy being nervous, but we don't think that infrastructure design should make drivers nervous.

[NOMeasureA2008]

Perhaps you enjoy being nervous, but we don't think that infrastructure design should make drivers nervous. For your anxiety problems with roundabouts we suggest that you complain to the City, give up your car and take the bus, and perhaps get a massage. Try sbhealing com.

[JohnEdwardBiggs]

Roundabouts have proved to be very successful where I live once people got used to them and learned how to properly use a roundabout. I hate driving on streets with 9 million pointless stoplights that could have easily been roundabouts.