Roundabout Quotes
Need some good quotes to razzle dazzle the skeptics? Perhaps
the ones below will help!
" … the resultant modern roundabout
is significantly different from the older style traffic
circle both in how it operates and how it is designed.
Federal Highway Administration
Roundabouts: An Informational Guide - FHWA-RD-00-67
"A modern roundabout offers benefits
such as increased safety, increased capacity, reduced delay,
and calmer traffic.”
PennDOT - Guide to Roundabouts (Publication
Number 414)
"Delay measurements at seven roundabout
sites showed that the peak-hour delays decreased by about
75% in relation to the previous traffic control.”
Transportation Research Board
National Research Council
"When operating within their capacity,
roundabout intersections typically function with lower vehicle
delays than other intersection forms and control types.”
Federal Highway Administration
Roundabouts: An Informational Guide - FHWA-RD-00-67
"Because roundabouts keep most traffic
moving, they can handle more traffic in the same amount of
time compared to stop-controlled intersections.”
Richard Retting – Senior Transportation
Engineer
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
"Improved traffic flows, aesthetics, and
cost savings make roundabouts a good idea and the safety gains
are compelling. An Institute study shows far fewer crashes
occur at intersections with roundabouts than at intersections
with signals or stop signs.”
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Status Report Vol. 35, No. 5, May 13, 2000
"… in Maryland where roundabouts
have been installed there has been a 60% decrease in the total
accident rate, 100% decrease in the fatal accident rate, an
82% reduction in the injury accident rate and a 27% reduction
in the property damage only accident rate.”
Maryland State Highway Administration
Maryland’s Roundabout Accident Experience and Economic
Evaluation
"Modern roundabouts have produced remarkable
safety records.”
Federal Highway Administration
Roundabouts: A Direct Way to Safer Highways
"The benefit/cost analysis indicated that
for every dollar spent on these projects… there is a
return of approximately $8.00 to be realized through accident
reduction.”
Maryland State Highway Administration
Maryland’s Roundabout Accident Experience and Economic
Evaluation
"Generally both capacity and delay improve
with the use of a roundabout when compared to alternate intersection
control methods. The capacity at a roundabout will likely
be higher than a signalized intersection because there are
no losses of time due to yellow and red signal intervals.
In addition, vehicles are able to enter the roundabout from
each leg simultaneously, which is not possible with other
forms of intersection control. Thus, the higher capacity of
roundabouts results in shorter delays.”
PennDOT - Guide to Roundabouts (Publication
Number 414)
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