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degggendorf t1_iu16rc8 wrote

Reply to comment by Uncle_Tony96 in Made this to send to people who ask me about Rhode Island by leilagotspazz

Good news, it's being changed to a rotary...and people are PISSED.

https://www.independentri.com/news/article_9cc1ad08-666b-11eb-9000-b3a7606a7908.html

Or town FB page post about it, with exactly the types of comments you'd expect: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OurNK/posts/2926367324259174/

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Uncle_Tony96 t1_iu18ib9 wrote

Lmao you were right about the comments. How will a small rotary ruin the quaintness or history of the town? Although I’m not sure why they wouldn’t just put a light

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degggendorf t1_iu1a31b wrote

Because that intersection really is a breeze the vast majority of the time...outside of the summer mornings and afternoons when it really sucks, traffic from any direction can just freely flow through. All the delays a light would introduce would be totally unnecessary. Although a light that's just flashing red/yellow most of the time would probably accomplish the same.

But I'm all for the rotary. I just want to watch the world turn.

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sporkemon t1_iu1hjdl wrote

I'm curious how they're going to squeeze a rotary in that space that doesn't require drifting to make the turn, just because the space there isn't that big and it's bounded by the bridge and the businesses. I agree that a light would clog up the roads and be more trouble than it's worth. I do think the intersection of tower hill and annaquatucket by the high school needs a light, because turning off annaquatucket is hell when school gets out and it's never going to get better on its own.

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degggendorf t1_iu1wgd9 wrote

>I do think the intersection of tower hill and annaquatucket by the high school needs a light

Agreed

>I'm curious how they're going to squeeze a rotary in that space that doesn't require drifting to make the turn, just because the space there isn't that big and it's bounded by the bridge and the businesses.

As I recall, the only thing being lost is like the two closest street parking spots, and the center of the rotary will practically be imaginary...just like a 3 foot brick circle at a similar level as the asphalt so it indicates where you're supposed go, but the odd semi truck could just roll straight through.

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GotenRocko t1_iu1ekyl wrote

The first comment does have a point, roundabouts are more dangerous for pedestrians. Although that is in relation to normal intersections, not what is there currently.

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degggendorf t1_iu27jzo wrote

I think the plan is just to move all the crosswalks further away so drivers can get recombobulated after the rotary before having to think about yielding to something else

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techsavior t1_iu1snuj wrote

Isn’t “getting pissed at (x)” the official state pastime?

Edit: remove “rotaries” and replace with “(x).” It seems more appropriate for this state.

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degggendorf t1_iu1vvvw wrote

I don't think the rotaries part is specifically necessary, but otherwise, yes.

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iandavid t1_iu31jxt wrote

It probably doesn’t help that the article you linked conflates rotaries and roundabouts. There’s a difference.

It sounds like RIDOT actually wants to install a roundabout there, which is much safer than a rotary, and a much better idea.

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degggendorf t1_iu3w1t8 wrote

Thank you for the education, I didn't recognize/remember/appreciate the difference between them either.

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omjy18 t1_iu39vvw wrote

Because people don't understand circles here and it's not that hard but they make it hard

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thebirbseyeview t1_iu1lat3 wrote

I lived in NK and the only concern I had with the rotary was the potential lack of space and drivers not noticing people crossing the street. I feel like that intersection is doomed.

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degggendorf t1_iu1w382 wrote

>drivers not noticing people crossing the street

Sounds like a self-solving problem then...bad drivers go to prison and bad pedestrians go to heaven

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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