Friends of Veterans Memorial Circle co-chairs Helen Karakoudas Redfern and Ernie Redfern compiled ROUNDABOUT FACTS: A Quiz for Skeptics and the Rest of Us in the spring of 2023 using the following sources.
Their goal?
To lower confusion and anxiety over how to use a roundabout, so that the roundabout in their neighborhood can be safer—and so the work that an army of volunteers does every spring and summer to beautify the veterans’ memorial at the Main/Auburn roundabout in Rockford, Illinois can be appreciated without detractors.
Question and Answer 1
Roundabouts: A Direct Way to Safer Highways | FHWA (dot.gov)Roundabouts | FHWA (dot.gov)
Rules of the Roundabout – YouTube (U. S. Department of Transportation’s primary teaching video for driving in a roundabout.)
Do you know the rules of the roundabout? (dot.gov) (text version of the Department of Transportation video in the link above)
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/roundabouts/fhwasa08006.pdf
Massachusetts, Home to First U.S. Traffic Rotary, Moves to Phase Them Out | AP News
Safety, savings can’t persuade all drivers to embrace roundabouts (rrstar.com)
Question and Answer 2
Roundabouts: A Direct Way to Safer Highways | FHWA (dot.gov)
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/roundabouts/fhwasa08006.pdf
Massachusetts, Home to First U.S. Traffic Rotary, Moves to Phase Them Out | AP News
Question and Answer 3
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/roundabouts/fhwasa08006.pdf
Roundabouts: An Informational Guide (dot.gov)
Rules of the Roundabout – YouTube (U. S. Department of Transportation’s primary teaching video for driving in a roundabout.)
Do you know the rules of the roundabout? (dot.gov) (text version of the Department of Transportation video in the link above)
Question and Answer 4
Crash and injury reduction following installation of roundabouts in the United States (iihs.org)
Rules of the Roundabout – YouTube (U. S. Department of Transportation’s primary teaching video for driving in a roundabout.)
Do you know the rules of the roundabout? (dot.gov) (text version of the Department of Transportation video in the link above)
Question and Answer 5
A Review of Fatal and Severe Injury Crashes at Roundabouts (dot.gov)
Question and Answer 6
Crash and injury reduction following installation of roundabouts in the United States (iihs.org)
Rules of the Roundabout – YouTube (U. S. Department of Transportation’s primary teaching video for driving in a roundabout.)
Do you know the rules of the roundabout? (dot.gov) (text version of the Department of Transportation video in the link above)
Question and Answer 7
ROUNDABOUTS and Rural Highways (dot.gov)
Question and Answer 8
Roundabout Q & A | Nevada Department of Transportation (nv.gov)
Question and Answer 9
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/roundabouts/fhwasa08006.pdf
Rules of the Roundabout – YouTube (U. S. Department of Transportation’s primary teaching video for driving in a roundabout.)
Do you know the rules of the roundabout? (dot.gov) (text version of the Department of Transportation video in the link above)
Question and Answer 10
Rules of the Roundabout – YouTube (U. S. Department of Transportation’s primary teaching video for driving in a roundabout.)
Do you know the rules of the roundabout? (dot.gov) (text version of the Department of Transportation video in the link above)
Question and Answer 11
FHWA – Center for Local Aid Support – Build a Better Mousetrap Competition (dot.gov)
Wilmington-Winning-Submission.pdf (ncsu.edu)
The Story of the Temporary Roundabouts After Hurricane Florence | Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
The above sources refer to temporary roundabouts, but don’t say how many. We thought that was relevant. So, Friends of Veterans Memorial Circle co-chair Ernie Redfern emailed Officer Eric Lippert of the Wilmington Police Department, the traffic enforcement officer whose idea this was. Officer Lippert replied via email on 4/15/2023 that, by the time the power came back on, they had set up four temporary roundabouts.
IDOT Roundabouts (illinois.gov)
Question and Answer 12
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF KANSAS ROUNDABOUTS (trb.org)
Question and Answer 13
Roundabouts, traffic flow and public opinion (iihs.org)
Question and Answer 14
The rise of the roundabout and which state has the most – The Washington Post
Roundabouts Database Map (kittelson.com)
Question and Answer 15
The rise of the roundabout and which state has the most – The Washington Post
Roundabouts Database Map (kittelson.com)
Wisconsin has more roundabouts than any state, and they save lives (jsonline.com)
(Don’t let the above headline throw you. The reference here is to roundabouts on state highway systems, not roundabouts in an entire state.)
Question and Answer 16
Modern Roundabout Practice in the United States (trb.org)
Roundabouts: A Direct Way to Safer Highways | FHWA (dot.gov)
How roundabouts improve traffic safety and lower carbon emissions – CBS News
Question and Answer 17
An Analytical Review of Statewide Roundabout Programs and Policies (gatech.edu)
Question and Answer 18
National Roundabouts Week, September 20-24, 2021 – Safety | Federal Highway Administration (dot.gov)
Question and Answer 19
Benefits of Roundabouts (fdot.gov)
City of Carmel (carmellink.com)
Question and Answer 20
Roundabouts, traffic flow and public opinion (iihs.org)
Rotaries disappear in favor of roundabouts in Massachusetts (boston.com)
Modern Roundabouts 101.pdf (ky.gov)
Published April 16, 2023