As someone who uses that intersection a lot, this is a great improvement. Either people would fly down that road, or people would drive overly timidly through it. Roundabouts are great.

Road my one wheel around it the other day! It’s really well made. I’ve never seen a peanut shaped roundabout before. I wonder if it would be tricky for trucks with trailers?

Either way, Elicker is killing it with infrastructure! Though, I’m wondering what the reasoning is behind changing Grasso from a 2 to a 1 lane?

Definitely agree though that unfinished ends of cycletracks are not ideal but having a complete and contiguous network of cycletracks can work really nicely if the intersections and transitions to single lanes are properly designed, like the Dutch have figured out :)

Drivers will have to follow the same yielding laws that apply to any roundabout. If they are incapable of judging other drivers’ behaviors at intersections, they should not be driving.

Roundabouts are a massive safety improvement and i’ll take any kind of crash that occurs with this new layout opposed to the severe carnage that was happening with the old intersection

Yeah yale ave still has to get milled/paved for that cycletrack config but we had safety markings stripe a temporary cycletrack between here and edgewood so it’s tied in. The transition was actually pretty nice with the exclusive bike signal phase

soon

I would agree that they should have used a much stronger material for the bollards. The plastic is just way too easy to break off, and that kind of defeats the purpose of protecting the bike lane.

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I'm still not super sold on the cycletracks, as opposed to normal bike lanes. They create dangerous counter-traffic wherever they end/begin.

But I'll take all the separated bike inrastructure we can get. This addition will work well connected to the new Edgewood Bike lanes.

Good thing it's winter. That peanut will get nicely salted.

You can't fix stupid, unfortunately.

Though this new design will be a significant improvement, and make it easier for everyone to use.

How long until the first accident because someones going to continue on Yale and the person on Chapel thinks they’re turning and pulls out right into or in front of them.

Is it open now?

looks pretty good tbh

Right next to the Yale Bowl

It’s where upper Chapel St crosses Yale Ave in Westville (just past Edgewood Park), New Haven CT USA on the 3rd Rock from the Sun

Where is this place?

I’m near that area too. I love it

Omg thank you a ton, I’m going to try and direct message you now. I never even thought of any of this.

I have lived in NH and worked in government/policy for many decades. I don’t use Reddit much but if there is a way to send a direct message get in touch and I can give you an overview of “the business” in CT . Look at the job boards on the websites for the large trade associations like the CT Business and Industry Assn, CT Conference of Municipalities, CT Comm Nonprofit Alliance and somewhat smaller ones like CT Construction Industry Assn. There are “think tank” type places, too. Also, try the Young Democrats (or, if you must, Young Republicans).

Let’s Go Blues!

NY RANGERS!!!

Initially, the Nighthawks’ parent teams were the Minnesota North Stars and the Nassau Long Islanders. /s

Devils

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