Round and round and round
My current temporarily adopted hometown has achieved something that no other place in the US can claim. The only question is.... why?
Livingston's dual roundabout is first of kind in N. America (Lansing State Journal)
Motorists, engineers go round and round on roundabouts (Detroit News)
Round and round they go Lee Road/U.S. 23 interchange near final stage of construction (Livingston Community News)
That's right, B-town has installed not only a dual side-by-side roundabout, but another such mixmaster immediately on the other side of the highway. That's three multi-lane traffic roundabouts immediately adjacent to each other. This is in addition to one existing roundabout in the middle of Main Street.
Local reaction seems to be dubious. Another writer to a local paper suggested that local businesses keep 911 on speed-dial to report the hourly wrecks that will result from this little piece of insanity.
In the meanwhile, in the unlikely event that anyone comes to visit, avoid that exit.
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Yam @ 5:46PM | 2006-08-29| permalink
Austin city planners recently dug up one of the few good east-west roads across downtown, reduced it to one lane each way, and installed a roundabout immediately adjacent to the main jogging trail around Town Lake. If you think driving through a roundabout is scary, try running along the perimeter of one.
Inexplicably, the roundabout does not even intersect any other roads.
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