State Driving Laws
New England Governor's Conference, Inc.
Connecticut - has it's own page
FHWA-RD-00-067 Roundabout Brochure (1p, ~500kb pdf)
Maine - Towns
NHTSA gives cost of Maine motor vehicle crashes: ~$0.9 billion annually; 14.73 fatalities/100k population
Maine Roundabout Law "The operator of a vehicle at intersecting public ways has the right-of-way over a vehicle on the operator's left, and must yield right-of-way to one on its right, except:
A. At a traffic circle or rotary; or ..."
Rural Transportation.org - Maine - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
Maine DOT - A search of their site in 4/05 revealed 17 reports containing the word "Roundabout" - in 11/07 the same search found 57 documents! - Projects - I didn't see maps, design alternatives, or %-design
Maine-DOT 5 Maintenance Regions; Region 1 (SW Coastal - Portland); Region 2 (Central Coastal - Augusta); Region 3; Region 4 (NE Coastal); Region 5 (Northern)
MDOT Roundabout "Flyer" - published in 2006
MDOT Traffic Engineering Design - MeDOT is divided into 7 Maintenance & Operations Districts (soon to be realigned into 5)
Transportation Research Division - used to publish an occasionally monthly Research Newsletter
Bureau of Motor Vehicles - "Motorist Handbook & Study Guide" (Driver Manual) - Available on Internet, in the 7/04 Edition, Roundabouts are thoroughly discussed on p37, but without diagrams or MUTCD signs
Maine has 5 "Classic" Traffic Circles:
2 in Augusta - (Region 2) (Rt8-Rt201-Rt202-W) & (Rt9-Rt105-Rt201-E)
1 in Windham (Rt202-Rt302, Fosters Corner )
1 in Kittery (small) - On Rt-1 & Rt-236, accessible off Exit-3 of I-95, just East of the Bridge.
1 in Portland - on Rt-1 & Rt-88 by Portland Country Club (???)
Region 1
2 proposed new Roundabouts for 2006/7: 1st at Fern St & Mount Hope Ave (mini) & a 2nd at Maine & Texas Avenues (next to the Airport)
Kennebunk - off I-95, Exit-3, at the intersection of Fletcher (Rt-35) & Storer Streets - opened Fall'03
- "The purpose of the roundabout - which town officials have emphatically point out is not a rotary - is to slow down traffic since a roundabout forces a 90 degree turn. The roundabout will feature a center island with an elevated truck apron to allow trucks around it while preventing vehicles from going through" said Dale Mitchell, PE (with Dufresne-Henry) & "almost 90 percent of the funding is federal with the state paying the balance of the $2.3 million cost of the project." Used RODEL
Kennebunkport - Dock Square - Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1909), just east of bridge.
Rt-1 & Rt-35 has splitter islands w/o RDB
South Portland - DeLuca-Hoffman Associates, Inc. completed the design of numerous roadway improvements in the Knightville/Millcreek business area to accommodate the reduced levels of traffic caused by the opening of the Casco Bay Bridge. The work included a conversion of numerous streets to accommodate two-way traffic. The centerpiece of the project was the construction of a roundabout at Legion Square .<== the city omitted the divider islands & posted stop signs on all legs against the advice of their designers! Michael Wallwork did the peer review. The designers are now with Gorrill-Palmer out of Grey, Maine
Gorham - Little Falls (Rts 202/4/237, near Portland) map built ~1997 - Goreham Public Works maintains it & Maine DOT built & paid for it - "its improved traffic flow & reduced the severity of accidents" - Yield lines have not been painted because of the danger/difficulty of painting in 1 lane traffic.
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Bangor - (Region 4)
Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System (BACTS) - email - (207)942-6389 or (800)339-6389 - 3 studies under way in 2003
Boothbay Harbor Corridor Study - Announcement (Jan'02), Completion (Dec'02) - 1 of the improvements recommended for Boothbay Common is conversion of the triangle around the Civil War Monument at the intersection of Back River Rd & Rt-27 into a Roundabout
Calais - Border Crossing Project w/ Rt1 & Neilds Ave Roundabout
Region 5
Caribou - Cary Medical Center RDB opened Nov'06 - On Rt-1
UMaine - Per Garder <garder@maine.edu > - Roundabout advocate available for presentations throughout the North East
FHWA Maine Division Office - Supports Me-DOT's interest in Roundabouts. Director (Administrator), Design Engineer?
ME-LTAP - Maine Local Roads Center -
Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association NNEAPA -
Maine Association of Planners (MAP) -
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission (SMRPC) -
Maine Chapter of the American Public Works Association (Me-APWA)
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Massachusetts - (Mass given its own page 18 November'03)
New Hampshire - Towns - Executive Council - Highway Districts ( maps) - Legislators, Counties, NH Municipal Association (LGC Annual Meeting, Nov'04)
NHTSA gives cost of New Hampshire motor vehicle crashes: ~$1.0 billion annually; 13.16 fatalities/100k population
NH Statutes Online, Title XXI "Motor Vehicles", Chapter 265: Rules of the Road - 265:23 "One-Way Roadways and Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands". (almost identical to Vt Ch23, §1037) – 265:28 "Vehicle Approaching or Entering Intersection" - 265:30 "Vehicle Entering Stop or Yield Intersection or Highway" - 265:31 "Stop Signs; Yield Signs" - no clear statement of the "Reverse Priority" Rule
Rural Transportation.org - New Hampshire - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
DMV - the Driver Manual in found by clicking on "Documents & Forms" & then DRIVER’S MANUAL (OPERATOR), NEW HAMPSHIRE - (~19mb pdf - was available 2/20/04, revision of Aug'06) - but no mention of circular intersections!! Part 5 "Rules of the Road", & Part 6 "Turning & Signaling" are probably where they would be discussed. Part 20 "Driver Exam" should include questions related to circular intersections, & the typical signs after p104 should include Roundabout related signs.
(Virginia C. Beecher, Director of Motor Vehicles) & (John J.Barthelmes, Commissioner of Safety)
NH DOT - Project Information - Very nice site! Easy to use! (10/05)
Roundabout Info - very nice page added in 2006! Photos of all NH Roundabouts & many links
NHDOT sometimes uses the word "traffic circle", not "Roundabout" - Commissioner Carol Murray appeared to oppose their construction before 2005
From the Commissioner's Spring'03 "On the Move" editorial page, she writes "Intersections, which by design are a planned point of motorist conflict, were responsible for 9,000 fatalities and 1.5 million injuries in just the year 2001 {Nationwide?}. This strongly suggests the need to conduct comprehensive intersection analyses to determine where safety problems exist and what can be done to address them. The state of New Hampshire is among the leaders in developing statewide intersection safety plans." <== This has the word ROUNDABOUT written all over it, but the word appears no where in this Spring Newsletter.
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Received from Commissioner Murray, 12 June'05: "Currently, we are in final design for a roundabout in Meredith and a roundabout is being constructed in Plymouth. We had designed and opened bids on a roundabout in Rye, but the construction contract was not approved by the Executive Council. There seems to be continued support for this design in the seacoast area and we anticipate taking it out to several public meetings. Designs are underway for Keene and I believe that there is support in the public for them."
"In summary, I would again say that roundabouts are appropriate for many settings and offer advantages over conventional intersection design. They are not a 'silver bullet' but need to be part of our design choices." {signed} Carol Murray"
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New Hampshire is divided into 6 Highway Maintenance Districts (1-Lancaster, 2-Lebanon, 3-Gilford, 4-Swanzey, 5-Hooksett (Concord?), & 6-Durham)
2007 - Plans for an in-house rewrite of the NHDOT Highway Design Manual to include RDBs are in the works
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District 1 - (North of the White Mountains)
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District 2 - NEWBURY-BRADFORD Project Description: NH 103 pavement rehabilitation from the traffic circle to Sutton Town Line (10.4 miles); includes signal upgrade at NH 103/114. Completion Date: June 2003
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District 3 (E. Cent. Reg) -
Meridith - RDB in design 2005; in operation by 2007; was proposed by the town - NHDOT had begun to practice "Context Sensitive Design"
Plymouth (I-93, Exit 25) - Bridge & Roundabout (w/ 4% tilt) planned for Central Business District (bid Fall'04, construction Summer'05) - Nancy Mayville, PM (Bureau of Municipal Highways, NHDOT) & George Jacquemart, PE
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District 4 - Keene
1) Court Str, Allen Court, & Hospital (42 56 59.7N, 72 17 26.0W) opened 2003 (designed by VHB)
2) Central Square - Main St, Marlboro, & Winchester St (42 56 2.4N, 72 16 42.8W) signalzed (Clough Harbor) & Roundabout (Barry Crown) options was presented to city council, Summer'03. 2-lane RDB proposal goes to Town Council 3/18/04. Construction could begin in 2005
3) Roundabouts are almost complete on Main St at Keene State College, (42 55 42.3N, 72 16 39.4W) opened 2007
4) Rt-101 & Winchester St (42 55 21N, 72 17 27W) aerial photo opened 2007
5) Rt-101 at Optical St as of Nov'07. () ???
6) Optical Ave. & Rt-9 approved 3/31/04 in CLF-NHDOT settlement. ???
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District 5 - Concord ==> Epsom Circle (Classic at NH-Rt4 & Rt-28),
Concord - Housing Development RDBs: 2 on Alice Drive (2002), & 2 on Ty Lane (2006); ~4 pproposed in central Concord, 1st is "Liberty/Centre/Auburn Street Roundabout Project" (CIP #29) with design by MacFarland-Johnson Engineering
Epping - N of Rt-101, Exit-7 - opening Nov'03 as hub of new shopping mall - design by Michael Wallwork (SIDRA) with Gorrill-Palmer
Nashua - City Engineering
Old one on School Street & Water Street, 300ft diameter
First Broad Str (Rt-130) & Coburn Ave, 120 ft inscribed diameter in a residential area - 1st modern R'bout in NH, & its on a state road!! (Located ~1.5 miles west of Exit 6 on Rt 3) - (map) - Design by Holden Engineering, Concord, NH (no web site as of 11/03), Peer review by Michael Wallwork - also, this is only ~10mi North of the Pepperell, Ma small "Classic" Traffic Circle
Second in the works in S.Nashua at Main & South Main, just N of Rt-3, Exit-3/4 near Rivier College.
Third Broad Str (Rt-130) & Dublin Ave, 1?? ft inscribed diameter in a residential area (design by Vollmer Assoc of Concord NH) - (map)
Route 101 Corridor Study - From Bedford, thru Amherst, Milford, to Wilton - Wallace Floyd Design Group & VHB -
Manchester - Massabesic Rotary (built ~1941, ~200ft dia) at intersection of Rt-121 & Rt-28, south of Exit-1 of Rt-101, ~2mi east of ManchesterNH
Goffstown, Grasmere Village - Roundabout built ~2007 at intersection of Center St & Henry Bridge Rd ~6mi west of Manchester off Rt-114
Milford - Rt-101A & Rt-13, Union Square (traffic circle/oval) - ongoing study? Contractor? & Bill Oldenburg, PM (NHDOT)
Milford Main Street Program - Oval WebCam (refreshes every 5 min)
Wilton (Dist4) (no web page, 2003) - "Traffic Dummy" (thing in Road) - "Keep Right" post
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District 6 - Lee (Classic at US-4 & Rt-125), Portsmouth (Classic at NH-Rt4 & Rt-1) Stratham Circle (~Oval Rt-33 & Rt-108)
NHDOT Research - University of New Hampshire Technology Transfer Center - No Roundabout program on the 2003 calendar
Exeter Band Stand at Front & Water Streets is called a "Rotary" in the town ordinances, tho it is triangular with 1-way traffic on only 2 sides
Excellent Sites for Roundabouts!
Jaffrey - 5-way intersection of Rts-124, 137, & 202 - level & lots of room! Signalized by NHDOT ~ 1990
People have been unhappy with the downtown area since ~1970 & the NHDOT work did not help much. Brandon Gray (Economic Development Director, 603-532-7880); NHDOT Roundabout design predicts "failure" 5 years after completion. Also, Team Jaffrey has been told, if 1 Roundabout is built, then there must be a 2nd at the 4-way Intersection nearby, which would destroy parts of a registered Historic District. Public hearings will be held in 2003.
The 4-way intersection seems to have just barely 125ft for a 2nd Roundabout without disturbing any existing buildings or the dam on the river. VHB has been hired to study several possible solutions
Rye - Foyes Corner (Intersection of Rt-1A w/ Sagamore & Elwyn)- NHDOT proposed Roundabout, approved by Board of Selectmen (2004) - opened Nov'07 @ cost of ~$900k - SeaCoast OnLine article (27 Nov'07)
West Ossipee - http://www.ossipee.org/bos012703.htm - NHDOT appears to be refusing to build a Roundabout despite trivial opposition & the full support of the Chamber of Commerce
NEW HAMPSHIRE Chapter INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS (NH-ITE)
FHWA New Hampshire Division Office - This office doesn't have its own Web Page - Kathleen O Laffey 603-228-0417 Fax: 603-228-2829 - In June'03 Ms.Laffey expressed cautious to luke warm support for building Roundabouts (this may just have been a PC response)
About NH-LTAP - NH-LTAP Center -
New Hampshire Chapter of the American Planning Association NHAPA -
New Hampshire Municipal Association -
NH Regional Planning Commissions (9) - map (168kb pdf)
Continuing Professional Development Calendar of Events to earn PDH's: www.state.nh.us/jtboard/calendar.htm
New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers -
PDH Program in NH ref - 10 PDH's = 1 CEU, & 3 CEU's or 30 PDH's needed biennially for renewal
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Rhode Island - Towns - Major project: Relocation of I-195 in Providence (no Roundabouts)
NHTSA gives cost of Rhode Island motor vehicle crashes: ~$0.8 billion annually; 7.68 fatalities/100k population
RI Roundabout Law "In the absence of any traffic control device or sign, the driver of a vehicle about to enter a rotary, regardless of the direction from which the vehicle is approaching, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles already in the rotary".
Rural Transportation.org - Rhode Island (page not available - 7/03) - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
Driver Training Manual - (DMV, 55p pdf format, 1.4mb) - no mention of Roundabouts/Rotaries/Traffic-circles
RI DOT - Traffic Engineering, (401) 222-2694 ; Details of Projects in planning or design? This is their Project page
RI-DOT Roundabout Info - this page lists a RDB Brochure, a Slideshow Presentation on RDB's in general & 13 Roundabout Videos!.
As of May'07 RI-DOT has ~20 RDB's in various stages of design.
Charlestown - Oval, 2000ft x 300ft on Post Road
Cranston - ???
Narragansett - 300ft Dillon Rotary, off Post Road on Rt-108
Newport - ~200ft "Classic" Traffic Circle near Rt-138 (map)
Portsmouth (Aquidneck Island) - Town Planner (work including Town Center renewal project proposed with 3 Roundabouts on the Main Road)
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EProvidence - proposed Roundabout near I-195 Interchange (Single Point - animation)
Centerdale (N.Providence, Town Hall nearby) at Rt-44 & Rt-104 (41 51 25.0N, 71 28 58.4W) complicated area - RDB ~2002
Kingston - Design by Beta Group on 3 Roundabout Corridor on Rt-138 (at Rt 110, Rt-2, & Kenney Rd) for construction ~2008
"(CLF) Serving as design consultants for a major traffic calming project in the ethnically-diverse Elmwood neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island’s urban core. After a year of input from residents, we broke ground in October for a seven-block network of traffic circles, low but effective speed humps, and "neckdowns" (street narrowing) that will address one of the neighborhood’s chief complaints: speeding cars. "http://www.clf.org/advocacy/comis.htm CLF (800)370-0697
South Kingston - Dale Carlia Corners (RDB proposed) (41 26 29.7N, 71 29 18.2W)
Peace Dale Rotary (41 27 3.8N, 71 30 0.6W) ~130ft dia at High St & Kingstown Rd
"Dillon Rotary" (315ft dia) (41 26 3.3N, 71 28 56.7W) at Kingstown Rd & Rt-108
Woonsocket - Rt126 & ~Main St; big circular intersection ("Market Square") visible in Areal Photo 1995, but not in MapQuest 2005 (destroyed in renovation, N side closed). Monument at intersection East of former circle
Elmwood Traffic Calming Project From the Brown Daily Herald
Traffic-Calming in Providence - "In New England, 30% of residents cannot legally drive. They conduct their lives without -- and around -- automobiles. They need safe streets and the kind of orderly routes that "Providence" depicts to great advantage. One way to achieve safe, livable streets is through traffic calming. ..."
URI, College of Engineering, Transportation Research Center Professor K. Wayne Lee - Director of Research & Development
(401-874-9189, Fax 401-874-2297)
FHWA Rhode Island Division Office - No reply to inquiries (F'03) about whether they support Roundabouts
URI Transportation Center - not known if any of their faculty have interests in Traffic Calming
About RI-LTAP - RI-LTAP -
Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning Association RIAPA -
RI for Safe Energy - colition to protect RI from LNG accidents - a transportation issue
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Vermont - Towns - Jump to Vt-Bottom
NHTSA gives cost of Vermont motor vehicle crashes: ~$0.2 billion annually; 15.77 fatalities/100k population
Vermont Statutes Online, Title 23: "Motor Vehicles", Chapter 13: OPERATION OF VEHICLES - §1037. "One-way roadways and rotaries" has no mention of "Reverse Priority" rule. §1048. "Stop or yield intersections" does not specify Roundabouts, but defines usage of Yield signs at any intersection.
Rural Transportation.org - Vermont - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
DMV - Driver Manual (2004 Edition, PDF, 1.8mb) - pages 44 & 45 discuss driving Roundabouts, but proper use of turn signals is not mentioned.
Vt AOT - Vt Agency of Transportation - AOT is perhaps fixated on building an Arterial System to rival the Interstates. This is a Quantum Leap in hwy upgrading, to the neglect of feeder roads & the exclusion of Roundabout Intersections on State Roads except in sub-urban settings.
VtAOT Projects - no maps & alternative designs are not mentioned
I drove a section of Rt-100(?) near Rt-9 last night (25 Nov'03) that was so wide & straight, plowing thru all obstacles, that would draw the admiration of a Utah Hwy Engineer - but seems disturbingly out of place in rural New England
Maintenance Districts (9) maps, David Dill, Director of Operations, Central
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District #1 (Bennington) - SW Corner - District Admin, 359 Bowen Rd, Bennington VT 05201, 802-447-2790 Fax: 447-2793
Bennington - design - near Bennington College entrance (Rt-67, Silk Rd, Mattison Rd, & BCol.) - project "currently in limbo"
AOT Project (DPI 0146(1) Lynch,Stephen C) BENNINGTON-HOOSICK, NY RELOCATION OF VT9, BEGINNING AT THE INTERCHANGE OF US7 & THE VT67A CONNECTOR, & EXTENDING WESTERLY ~5.0 MILES TO NY7 IN HOOSICK, NY, INCLUDING THE VT67A INTERCHANGE. <== This would seem to incorporate the proposed RDB at Bennington College
Old Bennington - traffic calming study in progress - public hearing was held 24 Nov'03.
The project is funded through the Bennington County Regional Commission (BCRC) using federal transportation funds.
"Monument Circle" - ~300ft, not one way!!
Manchester - Roundabout near Shaw's - ~2000
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District #2 - SE Corner - District Admin, US 5, Dummerston VT 05301, 802-254-5011 Fax: 251-2000
* Brattleboro: Keene Turn Roundabout - I-91, exit-3 - Sept. 1999 (1st 2 lane, Interstate Interchange Roundabout in Northeast US, at US-5/I-91 and VT-9, 172ft dia. It can handle over 28,000 vpd, & 2800 vph).
I visited 17 May'03 for photos, etc. ~6ft truck apron, but the circle appears to be very large VERY large because the 2 lanes in the circle are not divided by broken lines (that's the same as ONE lane in New England at least), & altho the entrance lanes are marked w/ 2 "YIELD"s painted on the roadway, there are NO yield/pause lines! Drive Brattleboro Roundabout (1.4mb MPG file - driver goes once & a quarter around!)
US-5 RDB Corridor approved 2/07 Newspaper Clipping Brattleboro's proposed Roundabout at the intersection of Rt-119, Rt-142, & Canal St on hold despite community support - VOAT opposition!?
Brattleboro Reformer -
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District #3 - N of #1 - District Admin, 122 State Place, Rutland VT 05701, 802-786-5826 Fax: 786-5894
Rutland Region Transportation Council (RRTC) - strongly supported Rutland Roundabout - opposed by Vt-AOT & FHWA Fred Ranck (confirmed as of 12/10/03 (by not by Fred), based on December 8, 2003 article (Front Page section) By BRENT CURTIS Rutland Herald Staff)
Is this VAOT's idea of Context Sensitive Design?
If VAOT goes against the local opinion, & the message in insurance statistics, & builds a signalized intersection in the middle of a 75mph 4-lane highway, a lawyer has suggested, "it might be interesting to explore the possibility of a 'wrongful death' suit after the inevidable happens"
RRTC 2001 Transportation Plan
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District #4 - N of #2 - District Admin, 321 Beswick Drive, White River Jct VT 05001, 802-295-8888; Fax: 295-8882
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District #5 - N of #3 (Chittenden & Addison Counties) - District Admin, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester VT 05446, 802-655-1580; Fax: 655-6642
Winooski Center - Roundabout construction to begin Spg'05 - ~30kvpd
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District #6 -- N of #4, E of #5, includes Montpelier - District Admin, 186 Industrial Lane-Berlin, Barre, VT 05641, 802-828-2691; Fax: 828-3530
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District #7 - N of #4, E of #6 - District Admin, 1068 US Rte. 5, Suite 2, St Johnsbury VT 05819, 802-748-6670; Fax: 748-6671
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District #8 - N of #5 & #6 - District Admin, 680 Lower Newton Rd, St Albans VT 05478, 802-524-5926 Fax: 524-7940
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District #9 - Northern-most, N of #7, E of #8 - District Admin, 4611 US Rte. 5, Newport VT 05855, 802-334-7934 Fax: 334-3337
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Vermonters for Sensible Transportation - "we're confident we can come up with more effective & positive uses for the more than $108 million (& rising) planned to be spent to complete the Circ Highway!"
Chittenden Country Metropolitan Planning Organization (CCMPO) serves 18 municipalities in the Burlington area & is the only regional agency focused on transportation in Vermont
"... we always consider them {Roundabouts} in the scoping process as a potential alternative. We still have many situations where topography and right of way constraints make roundabouts difficult, but I would say they are gaining acceptance where we can make them work." <== "potential" alternative?
Burlington, Chittenden Country -
Essex Junction - 5 way intersection ("5 Corners") - perfect location for Roundabout?
Richmond (about 15mi east of Burlington) by Exit-11 of I-89, Rt-2 & Rt-117 - preliminary design 2003-4 (started in 1995) - project currently in limbo because of $70 million project around Burlington & Bennington -
* Williston, Maple Tree Place (street as well as shopping center name) and Sycamore Street - about 9 mi east of Burlington, SE of Taft Corner (Rt-2 & Rt-2A) - built with private $ (Starwood Ceruzzi), but to be part of town road system some time in future -
Winooski - Redevelopment plan funded by HUD grant & includes RDB's - start ~2005?
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Manchester - final design (STP 0137( ) Daniel Peterson?) Two roundabouts for so-called "malfunction junction" First is VT-7A/VT-30 at the Battenkill Bridge, and the second, a mini roundabout, set for the village center area about 200 feet away, again VT-7A/VT-30. Construction likely in 2005. Design by Dufresne-Henry (Burlington). Used RODEL
*Manchester: Grand Union Roundabout - 1997 (Vt-7A & Grand Union, single lane, 90ft dia) Design by Phelps Engineering (Middlebury, VT); Peer Review?
Middlebury, Addison County - Triple Roundabout Scheme Design ("Access Management Plan") by Dufresne-Henry - From Town Plan 2000: "A new Bypass Committee, formed in 1997, produced a set of design criteria for any road that is constructed. In order for the road to be integrated into the community, it must be designed as a low speed parkway with curbs or narrow shoulders, substantial landscaping of trees and shrubs, and pedestrian amenities. Intersections with existing roads will be designed with roundabouts and no commercial development shall be allowed along the length of the road or at the intersections." The By-Pass idea appears to be dead, & Middlebury awaits funding for elements recommended by the Access Management Plan, including several Roundabouts. Lies on Rt 7, between Rutland & Burlington.
Rutland County - Rt 7 - Joseph Zingale Jr.(town planning) 773-2528
Clarendon - Intersection of Rt-7 & Rt-103 (planning VAOT)
*Montpelier - "Keck Circle" 1995 (Main (Rt-12) & Spring Streets)- accessible from I-91, exit-8
Montpelier: US-2/302, design (FEGC 028-3(34) , Daniel Peterson, (802) 828-3413), a high accident location, single lane roundabout, expected to move to construction in late 2004 or early 2005.
Will be accessible from I-91, exits 7 or 8.
Stow - design (STP 029-1(16),DUBRAY,GARY H ? (retired 2004), (802) 828-2645) (Rte 108) & financed but awaiting a number of approvals connected with Stowe ski area expansion <== project dead 2004!?
NEARC-Vt - Montpelier (NEARCVt@yahoo.com) - Vermont branch of NorthEast Area Roundabout Coalition
UVM Civil Engineering - Dr. Adel Sadek, Transportation & Traffic Engineering
Bicycle Report - St of Vermont
FHWA Vermont Division Office - No reply to inquiries (F'03) about whether they support Roundabouts - Division Administrator 802-828-4423 - No Web Page -
Vt-LTAP - Vermont Local Roads (Vermont's LTAP Center) - appears to be under construction 7/04 - no mention of Roundabouts
Robert A. White ASLA, Norwich, Vt (email) - SVE Associates
Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association NNEAPA -
Vermont has 12 RPC's dividing up the state (maps)
Smart Growth - anti-Sprawl
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Regional -
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) - 2002 Report (48pp in PDF format) Comments and Recommendations on the US Access Board’s " Draft Guidelines for Accessible Public Rights-of-Way "
Go for Green (Canada) - contact information - I contacted their representatives in PQ, PEI, Nfld, NS, NB
CLF - Conservation Law Foundation - interested in Communities Project - Livable Cities, Smart Growth, Public Transportation (as the 1st of 5 listed interests)
clf.org/transportation is a resource for people working to create more livable communities by improving transportation. Transportation affects not just how we get places, but what those places are like. In New England, CLF has advocated such transportation initiatives as:
Council of University Transportation Centers (as of F'02, only URI & UMass represent New England, no members from Canada)
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Maine - Towns
NHTSA gives cost of Maine motor vehicle crashes: ~$0.9 billion annually; 14.73 fatalities/100k population
Maine Roundabout Law "The operator of a vehicle at intersecting public ways has the right-of-way over a vehicle on the operator's left, and must yield right-of-way to one on its right, except:
A. At a traffic circle or rotary; or ..."
Rural Transportation.org - Maine - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
Maine DOT - A search of their site in 4/05 revealed 17 reports containing the word "Roundabout" - in 11/07 the same search found 57 documents! - Projects - I didn't see maps, design alternatives, or %-design
Maine-DOT 5 Maintenance Regions; Region 1 (SW Coastal - Portland); Region 2 (Central Coastal - Augusta); Region 3; Region 4 (NE Coastal); Region 5 (Northern)
MDOT Roundabout "Flyer" - published in 2006
MDOT Traffic Engineering Design - MeDOT is divided into 7 Maintenance & Operations Districts (soon to be realigned into 5)
Transportation Research Division - used to publish an occasionally monthly Research Newsletter
Bureau of Motor Vehicles - "Motorist Handbook & Study Guide" (Driver Manual) - Available on Internet, in the 7/04 Edition, Roundabouts are thoroughly discussed on p37, but without diagrams or MUTCD signs
Maine has 5 "Classic" Traffic Circles:
2 in Augusta - (Region 2) (Rt8-Rt201-Rt202-W) & (Rt9-Rt105-Rt201-E)
1 in Windham (Rt202-Rt302, Fosters Corner )
1 in Kittery (small) - On Rt-1 & Rt-236, accessible off Exit-3 of I-95, just East of the Bridge.
1 in Portland - on Rt-1 & Rt-88 by Portland Country Club (???)
Region 1
2 proposed new Roundabouts for 2006/7: 1st at Fern St & Mount Hope Ave (mini) & a 2nd at Maine & Texas Avenues (next to the Airport)
Kennebunk - off I-95, Exit-3, at the intersection of Fletcher (Rt-35) & Storer Streets - opened Fall'03
- "The purpose of the roundabout - which town officials have emphatically point out is not a rotary - is to slow down traffic since a roundabout forces a 90 degree turn. The roundabout will feature a center island with an elevated truck apron to allow trucks around it while preventing vehicles from going through" said Dale Mitchell, PE (with Dufresne-Henry) & "almost 90 percent of the funding is federal with the state paying the balance of the $2.3 million cost of the project." Used RODEL
Kennebunkport - Dock Square - Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1909), just east of bridge.
Rt-1 & Rt-35 has splitter islands w/o RDB
South Portland - DeLuca-Hoffman Associates, Inc. completed the design of numerous roadway improvements in the Knightville/Millcreek business area to accommodate the reduced levels of traffic caused by the opening of the Casco Bay Bridge. The work included a conversion of numerous streets to accommodate two-way traffic. The centerpiece of the project was the construction of a roundabout at Legion Square .<== the city omitted the divider islands & posted stop signs on all legs against the advice of their designers! Michael Wallwork did the peer review. The designers are now with Gorrill-Palmer out of Grey, Maine
Gorham - Little Falls (Rts 202/4/237, near Portland) map built ~1997 - Goreham Public Works maintains it & Maine DOT built & paid for it - "its improved traffic flow & reduced the severity of accidents" - Yield lines have not been painted because of the danger/difficulty of painting in 1 lane traffic.
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Bangor - (Region 4)
Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System (BACTS) - email - (207)942-6389 or (800)339-6389 - 3 studies under way in 2003
Boothbay Harbor Corridor Study - Announcement (Jan'02), Completion (Dec'02) - 1 of the improvements recommended for Boothbay Common is conversion of the triangle around the Civil War Monument at the intersection of Back River Rd & Rt-27 into a Roundabout
Calais - Border Crossing Project w/ Rt1 & Neilds Ave Roundabout
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Caribou - Cary Medical Center RDB opened Nov'06 - On Rt-1
UMaine - Per Garder <garder@maine.edu > - Roundabout advocate available for presentations throughout the North East
FHWA Maine Division Office - Supports Me-DOT's interest in Roundabouts. Director (Administrator), Design Engineer?
ME-LTAP - Maine Local Roads Center -
Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association NNEAPA -
Maine Association of Planners (MAP) -
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission (SMRPC) -
Maine Chapter of the American Public Works Association (Me-APWA)
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Massachusetts - (Mass given its own page 18 November'03)
New Hampshire - Towns - Executive Council - Highway Districts ( maps) - Legislators, Counties, NH Municipal Association (LGC Annual Meeting, Nov'04)
NHTSA gives cost of New Hampshire motor vehicle crashes: ~$1.0 billion annually; 13.16 fatalities/100k population
NH Statutes Online, Title XXI "Motor Vehicles", Chapter 265: Rules of the Road - 265:23 "One-Way Roadways and Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands". (almost identical to Vt Ch23, §1037) – 265:28 "Vehicle Approaching or Entering Intersection" - 265:30 "Vehicle Entering Stop or Yield Intersection or Highway" - 265:31 "Stop Signs; Yield Signs" - no clear statement of the "Reverse Priority" Rule
Rural Transportation.org - New Hampshire - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
DMV - the Driver Manual in found by clicking on "Documents & Forms" & then DRIVER’S MANUAL (OPERATOR), NEW HAMPSHIRE - (~19mb pdf - was available 2/20/04, revision of Aug'06) - but no mention of circular intersections!! Part 5 "Rules of the Road", & Part 6 "Turning & Signaling" are probably where they would be discussed. Part 20 "Driver Exam" should include questions related to circular intersections, & the typical signs after p104 should include Roundabout related signs.
(Virginia C. Beecher, Director of Motor Vehicles) & (John J.Barthelmes, Commissioner of Safety)
NH DOT - Project Information - Very nice site! Easy to use! (10/05)
Roundabout Info - very nice page added in 2006! Photos of all NH Roundabouts & many links
NHDOT sometimes uses the word "traffic circle", not "Roundabout" - Commissioner Carol Murray appeared to oppose their construction before 2005
From the Commissioner's Spring'03 "On the Move" editorial page, she writes "Intersections, which by design are a planned point of motorist conflict, were responsible for 9,000 fatalities and 1.5 million injuries in just the year 2001 {Nationwide?}. This strongly suggests the need to conduct comprehensive intersection analyses to determine where safety problems exist and what can be done to address them. The state of New Hampshire is among the leaders in developing statewide intersection safety plans." <== This has the word ROUNDABOUT written all over it, but the word appears no where in this Spring Newsletter.
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Received from Commissioner Murray, 12 June'05: "Currently, we are in final design for a roundabout in Meredith and a roundabout is being constructed in Plymouth. We had designed and opened bids on a roundabout in Rye, but the construction contract was not approved by the Executive Council. There seems to be continued support for this design in the seacoast area and we anticipate taking it out to several public meetings. Designs are underway for Keene and I believe that there is support in the public for them."
"In summary, I would again say that roundabouts are appropriate for many settings and offer advantages over conventional intersection design. They are not a 'silver bullet' but need to be part of our design choices." {signed} Carol Murray"
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New Hampshire is divided into 6 Highway Maintenance Districts (1-Lancaster, 2-Lebanon, 3-Gilford, 4-Swanzey, 5-Hooksett (Concord?), & 6-Durham)
2007 - Plans for an in-house rewrite of the NHDOT Highway Design Manual to include RDBs are in the works
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District 1 - (North of the White Mountains)
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District 2 - NEWBURY-BRADFORD Project Description: NH 103 pavement rehabilitation from the traffic circle to Sutton Town Line (10.4 miles); includes signal upgrade at NH 103/114. Completion Date: June 2003
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District 3 (E. Cent. Reg) -
Meridith - RDB in design 2005; in operation by 2007; was proposed by the town - NHDOT had begun to practice "Context Sensitive Design"
Plymouth (I-93, Exit 25) - Bridge & Roundabout (w/ 4% tilt) planned for Central Business District (bid Fall'04, construction Summer'05) - Nancy Mayville, PM (Bureau of Municipal Highways, NHDOT) & George Jacquemart, PE
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District 4 - Keene
1) Court Str, Allen Court, & Hospital (42 56 59.7N, 72 17 26.0W) opened 2003 (designed by VHB)
2) Central Square - Main St, Marlboro, & Winchester St (42 56 2.4N, 72 16 42.8W) signalzed (Clough Harbor) & Roundabout (Barry Crown) options was presented to city council, Summer'03. 2-lane RDB proposal goes to Town Council 3/18/04. Construction could begin in 2005
3) Roundabouts are almost complete on Main St at Keene State College, (42 55 42.3N, 72 16 39.4W) opened 2007
4) Rt-101 & Winchester St (42 55 21N, 72 17 27W) aerial photo opened 2007
5) Rt-101 at Optical St as of Nov'07. () ???
6) Optical Ave. & Rt-9 approved 3/31/04 in CLF-NHDOT settlement. ???
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District 5 - Concord ==> Epsom Circle (Classic at NH-Rt4 & Rt-28),
Concord - Housing Development RDBs: 2 on Alice Drive (2002), & 2 on Ty Lane (2006); ~4 pproposed in central Concord, 1st is "Liberty/Centre/Auburn Street Roundabout Project" (CIP #29) with design by MacFarland-Johnson Engineering
Epping - N of Rt-101, Exit-7 - opening Nov'03 as hub of new shopping mall - design by Michael Wallwork (SIDRA) with Gorrill-Palmer
Nashua - City Engineering
Old one on School Street & Water Street, 300ft diameter
First Broad Str (Rt-130) & Coburn Ave, 120 ft inscribed diameter in a residential area - 1st modern R'bout in NH, & its on a state road!! (Located ~1.5 miles west of Exit 6 on Rt 3) - (map) - Design by Holden Engineering, Concord, NH (no web site as of 11/03), Peer review by Michael Wallwork - also, this is only ~10mi North of the Pepperell, Ma small "Classic" Traffic Circle
Second in the works in S.Nashua at Main & South Main, just N of Rt-3, Exit-3/4 near Rivier College.
Third Broad Str (Rt-130) & Dublin Ave, 1?? ft inscribed diameter in a residential area (design by Vollmer Assoc of Concord NH) - (map)
Route 101 Corridor Study - From Bedford, thru Amherst, Milford, to Wilton - Wallace Floyd Design Group & VHB -
Manchester - Massabesic Rotary (built ~1941, ~200ft dia) at intersection of Rt-121 & Rt-28, south of Exit-1 of Rt-101, ~2mi east of ManchesterNH
Goffstown, Grasmere Village - Roundabout built ~2007 at intersection of Center St & Henry Bridge Rd ~6mi west of Manchester off Rt-114
Milford - Rt-101A & Rt-13, Union Square (traffic circle/oval) - ongoing study? Contractor? & Bill Oldenburg, PM (NHDOT)
Milford Main Street Program - Oval WebCam (refreshes every 5 min)
Wilton (Dist4) (no web page, 2003) - "Traffic Dummy" (thing in Road) - "Keep Right" post
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District 6 - Lee (Classic at US-4 & Rt-125), Portsmouth (Classic at NH-Rt4 & Rt-1) Stratham Circle (~Oval Rt-33 & Rt-108)
NHDOT Research - University of New Hampshire Technology Transfer Center - No Roundabout program on the 2003 calendar
Exeter Band Stand at Front & Water Streets is called a "Rotary" in the town ordinances, tho it is triangular with 1-way traffic on only 2 sides
Excellent Sites for Roundabouts!
Jaffrey - 5-way intersection of Rts-124, 137, & 202 - level & lots of room! Signalized by NHDOT ~ 1990
People have been unhappy with the downtown area since ~1970 & the NHDOT work did not help much. Brandon Gray (Economic Development Director, 603-532-7880); NHDOT Roundabout design predicts "failure" 5 years after completion. Also, Team Jaffrey has been told, if 1 Roundabout is built, then there must be a 2nd at the 4-way Intersection nearby, which would destroy parts of a registered Historic District. Public hearings will be held in 2003.
The 4-way intersection seems to have just barely 125ft for a 2nd Roundabout without disturbing any existing buildings or the dam on the river. VHB has been hired to study several possible solutions
Rye - Foyes Corner (Intersection of Rt-1A w/ Sagamore & Elwyn)- NHDOT proposed Roundabout, approved by Board of Selectmen (2004) - opened Nov'07 @ cost of ~$900k - SeaCoast OnLine article (27 Nov'07)
West Ossipee - http://www.ossipee.org/bos012703.htm - NHDOT appears to be refusing to build a Roundabout despite trivial opposition & the full support of the Chamber of Commerce
NEW HAMPSHIRE Chapter INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS (NH-ITE)
FHWA New Hampshire Division Office - This office doesn't have its own Web Page - Kathleen O Laffey 603-228-0417 Fax: 603-228-2829 - In June'03 Ms.Laffey expressed cautious to luke warm support for building Roundabouts (this may just have been a PC response)
About NH-LTAP - NH-LTAP Center -
New Hampshire Chapter of the American Planning Association NHAPA -
New Hampshire Municipal Association -
NH Regional Planning Commissions (9) - map (168kb pdf)
Continuing Professional Development Calendar of Events to earn PDH's: www.state.nh.us/jtboard/calendar.htm
New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers -
PDH Program in NH ref - 10 PDH's = 1 CEU, & 3 CEU's or 30 PDH's needed biennially for renewal
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Rhode Island - Towns - Major project: Relocation of I-195 in Providence (no Roundabouts)
NHTSA gives cost of Rhode Island motor vehicle crashes: ~$0.8 billion annually; 7.68 fatalities/100k population
RI Roundabout Law "In the absence of any traffic control device or sign, the driver of a vehicle about to enter a rotary, regardless of the direction from which the vehicle is approaching, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles already in the rotary".
Rural Transportation.org - Rhode Island (page not available - 7/03) - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
Driver Training Manual - (DMV, 55p pdf format, 1.4mb) - no mention of Roundabouts/Rotaries/Traffic-circles
RI DOT - Traffic Engineering, (401) 222-2694 ; Details of Projects in planning or design? This is their Project page
RI-DOT Roundabout Info - this page lists a RDB Brochure, a Slideshow Presentation on RDB's in general & 13 Roundabout Videos!.
As of May'07 RI-DOT has ~20 RDB's in various stages of design.
Charlestown - Oval, 2000ft x 300ft on Post Road
Cranston - ???
Narragansett - 300ft Dillon Rotary, off Post Road on Rt-108
Newport - ~200ft "Classic" Traffic Circle near Rt-138 (map)
Portsmouth (Aquidneck Island) - Town Planner (work including Town Center renewal project proposed with 3 Roundabouts on the Main Road)
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EProvidence - proposed Roundabout near I-195 Interchange (Single Point - animation)
Centerdale (N.Providence, Town Hall nearby) at Rt-44 & Rt-104 (41 51 25.0N, 71 28 58.4W) complicated area - RDB ~2002
Kingston - Design by Beta Group on 3 Roundabout Corridor on Rt-138 (at Rt 110, Rt-2, & Kenney Rd) for construction ~2008
"(CLF) Serving as design consultants for a major traffic calming project in the ethnically-diverse Elmwood neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island’s urban core. After a year of input from residents, we broke ground in October for a seven-block network of traffic circles, low but effective speed humps, and "neckdowns" (street narrowing) that will address one of the neighborhood’s chief complaints: speeding cars. "http://www.clf.org/advocacy/comis.htm CLF (800)370-0697
South Kingston - Dale Carlia Corners (RDB proposed) (41 26 29.7N, 71 29 18.2W)
Peace Dale Rotary (41 27 3.8N, 71 30 0.6W) ~130ft dia at High St & Kingstown Rd
"Dillon Rotary" (315ft dia) (41 26 3.3N, 71 28 56.7W) at Kingstown Rd & Rt-108
Woonsocket - Rt126 & ~Main St; big circular intersection ("Market Square") visible in Areal Photo 1995, but not in MapQuest 2005 (destroyed in renovation, N side closed). Monument at intersection East of former circle
Elmwood Traffic Calming Project From the Brown Daily Herald
Traffic-Calming in Providence - "In New England, 30% of residents cannot legally drive. They conduct their lives without -- and around -- automobiles. They need safe streets and the kind of orderly routes that "Providence" depicts to great advantage. One way to achieve safe, livable streets is through traffic calming. ..."
URI, College of Engineering, Transportation Research Center Professor K. Wayne Lee - Director of Research & Development
(401-874-9189, Fax 401-874-2297)
FHWA Rhode Island Division Office - No reply to inquiries (F'03) about whether they support Roundabouts
URI Transportation Center - not known if any of their faculty have interests in Traffic Calming
About RI-LTAP - RI-LTAP -
Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning Association RIAPA -
RI for Safe Energy - colition to protect RI from LNG accidents - a transportation issue
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Vermont - Towns - Jump to Vt-Bottom
NHTSA gives cost of Vermont motor vehicle crashes: ~$0.2 billion annually; 15.77 fatalities/100k population
Vermont Statutes Online, Title 23: "Motor Vehicles", Chapter 13: OPERATION OF VEHICLES - §1037. "One-way roadways and rotaries" has no mention of "Reverse Priority" rule. §1048. "Stop or yield intersections" does not specify Roundabouts, but defines usage of Yield signs at any intersection.
Rural Transportation.org - Vermont - The Rural Context For Transportation Consultations
DMV - Driver Manual (2004 Edition, PDF, 1.8mb) - pages 44 & 45 discuss driving Roundabouts, but proper use of turn signals is not mentioned.
Vt AOT - Vt Agency of Transportation - AOT is perhaps fixated on building an Arterial System to rival the Interstates. This is a Quantum Leap in hwy upgrading, to the neglect of feeder roads & the exclusion of Roundabout Intersections on State Roads except in sub-urban settings.
VtAOT Projects - no maps & alternative designs are not mentioned
I drove a section of Rt-100(?) near Rt-9 last night (25 Nov'03) that was so wide & straight, plowing thru all obstacles, that would draw the admiration of a Utah Hwy Engineer - but seems disturbingly out of place in rural New England
Maintenance Districts (9) maps, David Dill, Director of Operations, Central
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District #1 (Bennington) - SW Corner - District Admin, 359 Bowen Rd, Bennington VT 05201, 802-447-2790 Fax: 447-2793
Bennington - design - near Bennington College entrance (Rt-67, Silk Rd, Mattison Rd, & BCol.) - project "currently in limbo"
AOT Project (DPI 0146(1) Lynch,Stephen C) BENNINGTON-HOOSICK, NY RELOCATION OF VT9, BEGINNING AT THE INTERCHANGE OF US7 & THE VT67A CONNECTOR, & EXTENDING WESTERLY ~5.0 MILES TO NY7 IN HOOSICK, NY, INCLUDING THE VT67A INTERCHANGE. <== This would seem to incorporate the proposed RDB at Bennington College
Old Bennington - traffic calming study in progress - public hearing was held 24 Nov'03.
The project is funded through the Bennington County Regional Commission (BCRC) using federal transportation funds.
"Monument Circle" - ~300ft, not one way!!
Manchester - Roundabout near Shaw's - ~2000
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District #2 - SE Corner - District Admin, US 5, Dummerston VT 05301, 802-254-5011 Fax: 251-2000
* Brattleboro: Keene Turn Roundabout - I-91, exit-3 - Sept. 1999 (1st 2 lane, Interstate Interchange Roundabout in Northeast US, at US-5/I-91 and VT-9, 172ft dia. It can handle over 28,000 vpd, & 2800 vph).
I visited 17 May'03 for photos, etc. ~6ft truck apron, but the circle appears to be very large VERY large because the 2 lanes in the circle are not divided by broken lines (that's the same as ONE lane in New England at least), & altho the entrance lanes are marked w/ 2 "YIELD"s painted on the roadway, there are NO yield/pause lines! Drive Brattleboro Roundabout (1.4mb MPG file - driver goes once & a quarter around!)
US-5 RDB Corridor approved 2/07 Newspaper Clipping Brattleboro's proposed Roundabout at the intersection of Rt-119, Rt-142, & Canal St on hold despite community support - VOAT opposition!?
Brattleboro Reformer -
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District #3 - N of #1 - District Admin, 122 State Place, Rutland VT 05701, 802-786-5826 Fax: 786-5894
Rutland Region Transportation Council (RRTC) - strongly supported Rutland Roundabout - opposed by Vt-AOT & FHWA Fred Ranck (confirmed as of 12/10/03 (by not by Fred), based on December 8, 2003 article (Front Page section) By BRENT CURTIS Rutland Herald Staff)
If VAOT goes against the local opinion, & the message in insurance statistics, & builds a signalized intersection in the middle of a 75mph 4-lane highway, a lawyer has suggested, "it might be interesting to explore the possibility of a 'wrongful death' suit after the inevidable happens"
RRTC 2001 Transportation Plan
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District #4 - N of #2 - District Admin, 321 Beswick Drive, White River Jct VT 05001, 802-295-8888; Fax: 295-8882
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District #5 - N of #3 (Chittenden & Addison Counties) - District Admin, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester VT 05446, 802-655-1580; Fax: 655-6642
Winooski Center - Roundabout construction to begin Spg'05 - ~30kvpd
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District #6 -- N of #4, E of #5, includes Montpelier - District Admin, 186 Industrial Lane-Berlin, Barre, VT 05641, 802-828-2691; Fax: 828-3530
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District #7 - N of #4, E of #6 - District Admin, 1068 US Rte. 5, Suite 2, St Johnsbury VT 05819, 802-748-6670; Fax: 748-6671
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District #8 - N of #5 & #6 - District Admin, 680 Lower Newton Rd, St Albans VT 05478, 802-524-5926 Fax: 524-7940
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District #9 - Northern-most, N of #7, E of #8 - District Admin, 4611 US Rte. 5, Newport VT 05855, 802-334-7934 Fax: 334-3337
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Vermonters for Sensible Transportation - "we're confident we can come up with more effective & positive uses for the more than $108 million (& rising) planned to be spent to complete the Circ Highway!"
Chittenden Country Metropolitan Planning Organization (CCMPO) serves 18 municipalities in the Burlington area & is the only regional agency focused on transportation in Vermont
"... we always consider them {Roundabouts} in the scoping process as a potential alternative. We still have many situations where topography and right of way constraints make roundabouts difficult, but I would say they are gaining acceptance where we can make them work." <== "potential" alternative?
Burlington, Chittenden Country -
Essex Junction - 5 way intersection ("5 Corners") - perfect location for Roundabout?
Richmond (about 15mi east of Burlington) by Exit-11 of I-89, Rt-2 & Rt-117 - preliminary design 2003-4 (started in 1995) - project currently in limbo because of $70 million project around Burlington & Bennington -
* Williston, Maple Tree Place (street as well as shopping center name) and Sycamore Street - about 9 mi east of Burlington, SE of Taft Corner (Rt-2 & Rt-2A) - built with private $ (Starwood Ceruzzi), but to be part of town road system some time in future -
Winooski - Redevelopment plan funded by HUD grant & includes RDB's - start ~2005?
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Manchester - final design (STP 0137( ) Daniel Peterson?) Two roundabouts for so-called "malfunction junction" First is VT-7A/VT-30 at the Battenkill Bridge, and the second, a mini roundabout, set for the village center area about 200 feet away, again VT-7A/VT-30. Construction likely in 2005. Design by Dufresne-Henry (Burlington). Used RODEL
*Manchester: Grand Union Roundabout - 1997 (Vt-7A & Grand Union, single lane, 90ft dia) Design by Phelps Engineering (Middlebury, VT); Peer Review?
Middlebury, Addison County - Triple Roundabout Scheme Design ("Access Management Plan") by Dufresne-Henry - From Town Plan 2000: "A new Bypass Committee, formed in 1997, produced a set of design criteria for any road that is constructed. In order for the road to be integrated into the community, it must be designed as a low speed parkway with curbs or narrow shoulders, substantial landscaping of trees and shrubs, and pedestrian amenities. Intersections with existing roads will be designed with roundabouts and no commercial development shall be allowed along the length of the road or at the intersections." The By-Pass idea appears to be dead, & Middlebury awaits funding for elements recommended by the Access Management Plan, including several Roundabouts. Lies on Rt 7, between Rutland & Burlington.
Rutland County - Rt 7 - Joseph Zingale Jr.(town planning) 773-2528
Clarendon - Intersection of Rt-7 & Rt-103 (planning VAOT)
*Montpelier - "Keck Circle" 1995 (Main (Rt-12) & Spring Streets)- accessible from I-91, exit-8
Montpelier: US-2/302, design (FEGC 028-3(34) , Daniel Peterson, (802) 828-3413), a high accident location, single lane roundabout, expected to move to construction in late 2004 or early 2005.
Will be accessible from I-91, exits 7 or 8.
Stow - design (STP 029-1(16),
NEARC-Vt - Montpelier (NEARCVt@yahoo.com) - Vermont branch of NorthEast Area Roundabout Coalition
UVM Civil Engineering - Dr. Adel Sadek, Transportation & Traffic Engineering
Bicycle Report - St of Vermont
FHWA Vermont Division Office - No reply to inquiries (F'03) about whether they support Roundabouts - Division Administrator 802-828-4423 - No Web Page -
Vt-LTAP - Vermont Local Roads (Vermont's LTAP Center) - appears to be under construction 7/04 - no mention of Roundabouts
Robert A. White ASLA, Norwich, Vt (email) - SVE Associates
Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association NNEAPA -
Vermont has 12 RPC's dividing up the state (maps)
Smart Growth - anti-Sprawl
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Regional -
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) - 2002 Report (48pp in PDF format) Comments and Recommendations on the US Access Board’s " Draft Guidelines for Accessible Public Rights-of-Way "
Go for Green (Canada) - contact information - I contacted their representatives in PQ, PEI, Nfld, NS, NB
CLF - Conservation Law Foundation - interested in Communities Project - Livable Cities, Smart Growth, Public Transportation (as the 1st of 5 listed interests)
clf.org/transportation is a resource for people working to create more livable communities by improving transportation. Transportation affects not just how we get places, but what those places are like. In New England, CLF has advocated such transportation initiatives as:
- making neighborhoods safer, quieter and more child-friendly through traffic calming;
- bringing new life to old commercial areas with public transit improvements; and
- improving local mobility by retrofitting streets for bicycling and walking.
Council of University Transportation Centers (as of F'02, only URI & UMass represent New England, no members from Canada)
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