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I find it hilarious Carmel, Indiana is featured so heavily in this article without mentioning Roundabouts. I grew up near Carmel, and it was famous for its Roun
by dexwiz 8y ago
I find it hilarious Carmel, Indiana is featured so heavily in this article without mentioning Roundabouts. I grew up near Carmel, and it was famous for its Roundabouts. They have replaced almost every 4 Way Stop with a roundabout. I believe they have more Roundabouts than any other town in the US. They have gone so far as to replace classic overpass bridges over the two major highways with Cassini Oval shaped Roundabouts.
http://carmel.in.gov/department-services/engineering/roundabouts http://carmel.in.gov/department-services/engineering/roundab...
- Johnny555 8y agoI think they did mention them, just not by name since whether a road project is a roundabout or some other intersection isn't really relevant: The city has gone on an above-and-beyond municipal spending spree in recent years—road projects...
- drharby 8y agoWouldnt be surprised if mafia was involved
- mikestew 8y agoIt has nothing to do with the mafia, and everything to do with Carmel's long-time self-esteem problem. The only people that insist on pronouncing the town's name like the one in California are Carmel residents. The rest of the world pronounces it "KAR-mel". Or, more snidely, "CarMEL-by-the-Interstate". It was particularly hilarious that residents like to think of Carmel as where the rich people live (it's really where the upper middle-class live), and then I moved to Redmond and saw how real rich people lived. :-) I haven't lived near Indianapolis in twenty years, but I don't imagine it's changed much. In which case public spending is probably motivated more by keeping up appearances, just like with Carmel's citizens, than it is about corruption.
- dagoat 8y agoSo does traffic move smoothly now?
- jhpankow 8y agoIn a roundabout way yes it does.
- nimchimpsky 8y agoRoundabouts are great. I wish Australia built more of them.
- sjg007 8y agoRoundabouts are way better and safer than 4 way stops.
- peterwwillis 8y agoUnless you're an American driver. Americans already don't know how to use normal ones in Europe. Then in America they make them wrong, with big yield signs that look like stop signs, unintuitive marking, confusing exits, and giant obstructions to the view that force people to stop at the entry to wait to see if a car is coming, and then refuse to enter if they see one far away.
- albedoa 8y agoIt is not true that those things negate the efficiency and safety of roundabouts over four-way stops. Where did you hear that?
- robertew54 8y agoI live near many roundabouts (in America) and they work fine. This meme about how terrible American drivers are with roundabouts is tiring. People in America get used to them just like everywhere else.
- burfog 8y agoThe only roundabout (a "rotary", since it was in Massachusetts) that I ever liked was over a highway. Three roads intersected at the same point, with one being a divided highway. (each at 60 degrees to its neighbors, like a six-pointed asterisk) The solution: Make the roundabout really huge (probably safe at 70 MPH if you don't mind speeding tickets) and place it over top of the highway, crossing on two separate bridges. Provide ramps for the highway, and connect up the other roads as normal. Offramps from the highway are ascending, helping to slow vehicles. Onramps to the highway are descending, helping to bring vehicles up to highway speed. This turns out to be really really nice.