The Tulsa Forum by TulsaNow

Fountains in roundabouts just don't seem to be a good combination.  San Antonio is throwing in the towel on theirs. They are removing it and will replace it with greenery. What's the hold up on the Bartlett Square fountain, anyway?

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That'll go well.

Egads, hit by 26 drunk drivers in only 3 years.   I don't know why on earth they are thining of removing that fountain though.   Better have them hit the fountain than you or me.  Remove the fountain, just gonna up the chance of those drunk drivers hitting something, or someone, else.

I don't like 'em.... Keep the runnabouts in Europe.

Wow..it's 'roundabout'.

Last I checked roundabouts were all over America, but probably not in Omaha so you wouldn't be used to them.  I drive the Admiral/Mingo Traffic Circle every day at least twice.  Technically, that's a 'rotary' and not a 'runnabout'.

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Seriously, who is this?  I claim shenanigans. 

You're doing a pretty good job though.

It must be hard to fake mental illness.

They must have had a lot of Owasso Cheerleaders move to San Antonio in the last few years.  ;D


Ah yes, European socialism is invading our street planning with these fancy communist runnabouts

Oh noo traffic calming with less safety issues as a traditional intersection. RUN!

Just drove through one in OKC near the St. Anthony's hospital there. Really moved traffic smoothly and quickly. No signs of Owasso cheerleaders having been there. Perhaps them Thunder people has more smarts than us Tulsey sophisticates?

Ireland has them all over.  Far superior in my opinion.

Don't post and drive.

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A few years ago in Hilliard Ohio (a suburb of Columbus, Ohio)  the city was  rebuilding some 2-lane streets and installed those "Run-a-bouts" at the intersections, I did not like it, maybe I'm old fashioned but I'd just as soon have a stop sign, Run-a-bouts take up alot of space too. Maybe they are something that has to grow on you and something that takes getting used to. I drive that run-a-bout on Mingo & Admiral more than I'd like to- but that's only because I-244 is such a mess and choked with traffic with all the const. work going on it's less hassle to take that run-a-bout to highway 169 than to mess with I-244.

A runabout:

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Are you really sure? That looks like a "Walk-a-'bout" to me one of the early models at that. ???

Roundabouts are not the answer to every intersection.  They are to some.  I suggest you read about them.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/00068/

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Still in design phase, I guess.  I was at a presentation a while back and Howell & Vancuren showed an example similar to that of the proposed design.
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If memory serves, the idea was that if a car drove over it, the fountain wouldn't get hurt (though I guess the car might need an alignment...)  Thus the "under carriage wash" comments... 

What scares me is that just the other day, I saw a young child break away from his mom to sprint to the current fountain "box."  (He wanted to climb up on it.)  The kid didn't look left or right, he just ran for it.  Fortunately, there wasn't any traffic at the time.  I'm worried that if the fountain looks like a splash pad in the middle of the street, it won't be good for kids and traffic to mix in the middle of Main St.

Leash 'em or keep control of 'em. 

Drivers be vigilant.  There be pedestrians here.

I think the Owasso cheerleaders swing by after 2AM which is Fountain DEFCON 1 alert period