tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833057697711699400.post1603476752244456254..comments2023-06-08T02:14:31.779-07:00Comments on Thrift Odyssey: What do you mean, this isn't what you ordered?Danielle Conollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16096232093997400172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833057697711699400.post-15891405568320826372010-10-17T14:04:06.945-07:002010-10-17T14:04:06.945-07:00I have a feeling that someone in Winnipeg's wo...I have a feeling that someone in Winnipeg's woeful city planning department went to Europe, saw a traffic circle working well, and said, "Hey, why don't we throw a few around randomly! We'll say it's a `traffic calming device' and part of the Active Transportation Network!"<br /><br />The problem is that traffic circles work best at high volume multilane intersections; they keep traffic moving instead of having it grind to a halt as each car approaches a 4-way stop, for example, and prevent confusion over whose turn it is to go if there are multiple lanes per direction. The new traffic circles in Winnipeg were plopped down in residential neighbourhoods where traffic wasn't that high to begin with, and where there's only one lane in each direction. This is just further evidence to support my theory that Winnipeg's city planning department is staffed by a bunch of poo-flinging monkeys!MadMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193035852628599819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833057697711699400.post-70336870687465849602010-10-17T11:11:07.546-07:002010-10-17T11:11:07.546-07:00I don't know how to use a traffic circle - I w...I don't know how to use a traffic circle - I was never taught, either in driver's ed, or the lessons I took this summer. I should probably look it up before I head to that area of the city. <br /><br />I was out with a friend on Friday, and she doesn't like the new traffic circle, not because she doesn't know how to use it, but because it is so narrow that she feels it is a hazard to use. She believes a four-way stop would be better, because she doesn't know how it will be plowed in the winter. <br /><br />Do you feel the traffic circle is too narrow to be used/plowed safely? She brought up an interesting point that I hadn't heard before.Jennifer Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074062788001058126noreply@blogger.com