Archive for Sunday, October 7, 2007
George Thomas: Traffic gets worse
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Steamboat Springs — I've been living in Steamboat for the past seven years, and even in that short time, I have seen traffic congestion increase significantly, and I'm sure it will only get worse. In my opinion, one measure the city could take to help ameliorate traffic flow is to consider building roundabouts at selected intersections instead of using traffic lights.
Widespread, long-term European use of roundabouts has shown that they are generally safer and provide smoother traffic flow than intersections with stop lights or stop signs. The nearby communities of Vail and Avon have installed roundabouts with great success. There is a great deal of information on their employment in the United States and worldwide (www.drivers.com/article/334/), so why has there been so little discussion of this kind of alternative when flogging the traffic congestion issue?
George Thomas
Steamboat Springs
Comments
steamboatlion (Dan Hill) says...
Roundabouts work great on relatively low volume intersections especially where one road has higher volumes than the other.
The first candidate is Walton Creek and Whistler. You ought to try turning left out of Whistler between 5 and 5.30 pm when there's a constant stream of vehicles coming up Walton Creek.
October 7, 2007 at 10:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
paddlefisher (anonymous) says...
you got it you developed it live with it..try driving a 30000 lb truck with these idiots..something is gunna give and it aint trucks
October 7, 2007 at 11:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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