What is wrong with no signs at all?? That is what they do in Europe, but it does require people to use common sense, which is fine with me.
Russell On 2010-07-28, at 9:39 PM, Corey Burger <corey.bur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Because they are cheap to install. A mini-roundabout can cost upwards > of 10k while two additional stop signs are only about 2k. That is > installed cost. > > They also don't prevent large vehicles from passing like a > mini-roundabout would. A bus or a large truck cannot operate down a > street with such traffic calming in place. > > They are also common and never discount institutional intertia. > > Corey > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:55 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was talking to a cyclist a month or two ago at some planning thing >> or other and they mentioned that four way stop signs were their least >> favourite thing about cycling in the city. Europe doesn't use them so >> I decided to have a dig into them. >> >> Apparently they aren't very cost effective, there are more pedestrian >> accidents where they are in place, and they do not control speeds >> effectively. >> >> There is more information here: >> >> http://troymi.gov/trafficengineering/multiway.htm >> >> I'm not quite certain why we have them. >> >> Cheerio John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
