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Category Archives: Roundabouts
Pedestrian Safety on the Roads
Vehicles need to accommodate the pedestrians especially in areas that are multi-modal with public transit, bike routes, sidewalks and neighbourhoods with heavy foot traffic. What strategies are currently being utilized to improve pedestrian safety on the roads and what type of results are being achieved?
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Roundabout Safety Improvements
Roundabouts are becoming more common in urban areas and with good reason. They are known to improve traffic flow and safety in comparison to other forms of intersection control such as traffic signals. However, problems can arise from using roundabouts since traffic signals and signs have been the standard for so long. Understanding how to best optimize roundabouts and prevent accidents will ensure that traffic flow is being optimized.
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Traffic Impact Analysis for Growing Cities
Kitchener-Waterloo is aggressively expanding. With each new subdivision built, there are new commercial developments popping up.
One area in particular has completely changed – Ira Needles Blvd. It was transformed into the largest commercial centre in KW and spans across 88.5 acres. Additional roads were built as well as 6 roundabouts were utilized rather than lights to facilitate traffic flow.
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7 Billion People – Can the World’s Roads Support This Population?
In the past month, the world’s population surpassed 7 billion people. Celebrations were underway to commemorate this new height in population, however, what are the impacts on the world’s infrastructure?
American Structurepoint Webinar Slides and Whitepaper Now Available
In May, Jeromy Grenard, PTOE and Ting Wei, PE, PTOE, AICP from American Structurepoint co-hosted a webinar with us about roundabout data collection. The webinar was based on the whitepaper, “Traffic Counting at Roundabouts Using Video Technology: A Practitioner’s View” and a poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Roundabouts. The webinar is now available to watch online and the whitepaper is available for download.
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The largest roundabouts in the world
These huge roundabouts resemble little of what we typically envision when thinking about roundabouts, but they are roundabouts nonetheless. These roundabout examples make good use of the land uses and geometry and help to get motorists around the massive open spaces that they occupy.
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Proposal: Adopt the efficiencies of a roundabout with a new type of sign, a TED Talk by Gary Lauder
In the TED Talk, Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns, Lauder points out that roundabouts are great, but not always applicable. For example, a T-Intersection may not warrant a signal or roundabout, so stop signs are installed. The problem is that all cars must stop before proceeding, regardless of whether there's a car waiting on the minor road or no approaching cars on the major road.
Lauder suggests a new type of traffic sign that will help to increase flow at these types of intersections. Check out his TED Talk in today's post!
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Co-Hosted Webinar Announcement: Roundabout Data Collection with American Structurepoint
We are very excited to follow-up the 2011 International Roundabout Conference with a co-hosted roundabout-themed webinar with Ting Wei and Jeromy Grenard from American Structurepoint. Mr. Wei and Mr. Grenard presented a poster at last week's conference titled, Traffic Counting at Roundabouts Using Video Technology: A Practitioner’s View, and they will be presenting their findings and talking about their best practices.
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In a Roundabout Way, by Erica Waugh
In today's blog post about Roundabouts, I would like to introduce a Miovision friend and customer, Erica Waugh. In the video featured in this post, Erica helps to explain some of the finer points about roundabouts.
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Proven Safety Countermeasures