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Title: 3 Lane Roundabout in AR
Post by: M86 on December 21, 2014, 01:59:27 AM
http://thecabin.net/news/local/2014-12-19/ahtd-proposes-three-lane-roundabouts

Stupid.  A 3 lane roundabout is crazy.  There's better options out there!  Remove the loop ramps, and convert it to a SPUI.
Title: Re: 3 Lane Roundabout in AR
Post by: dfwmapper on December 21, 2014, 03:19:10 AM
A 3 lane roundabout is indeed crazy, but the road geometry there makes it tough to do anything. The frontage road is really too close to build a SPUI, DDI, or any other fancy interchange because the light will cause traffic backups to the interchange. I'd probably redo the entire thing Texas-style and convert the frontage roads to one-way with the ramps connecting directly to them. Second choice would be a California-style parclo (remove the northeast quadrant loop and tighten up the southeast loop).
Title: Re: 3 Lane Roundabout in AR
Post by: galador on December 21, 2014, 11:04:35 PM
At least they're doing it in Conway, the drivers there should be used to the roundabouts at this point...
Title: Re: 3 Lane Roundabout in AR
Post by: US71 on December 22, 2014, 07:58:17 PM
Quote from: galador on December 21, 2014, 11:04:35 PM
At least they're doing it in Conway, the drivers there should be used to the roundabouts at this point...
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Yeah, right.

Title: Re: 3 Lane Roundabout in AR
Post by: galador on December 22, 2014, 10:50:47 PM
Quote from: US71 on December 22, 2014, 07:58:17 PM
Quote from: galador on December 21, 2014, 11:04:35 PM
At least they're doing it in Conway, the drivers there should be used to the roundabouts at this point...
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Yeah, right.
Ooops, I forgot my <sarcasm></sarcasm> tags... :)