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Uncle_Tony96 t1_iu18ib9 wrote

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

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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