Description
Due to the layout of the rotary, it is often not clear who is "in the rotary" and who needs to yield. Enlarging the the center of the rotary would help this problem.
This is an unaffiliated request
rotary layout needs improvement ▶ Archived
High Street And Winthrop St Medford, MA 02155, USA
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Anonymous (Guest)
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5 Comments
Ann Frenning Kossuth (Guest)
For such a major intersection wouldn't it be better to have a road planning expert take a look at it and make suggestions? Maybe it could be fixed by signage alone.
Also, when's the brick wall next to the utlity shed at the same rotary going to get fixed? It's been over six months since a truck hit it -- there is still debris and big chunks of brick wall along the sidewalk at the bus stop.
Diego Fells (Registered User)
The rotary already seems rather large, but irregularly shaped -- for example, traffic coming from the east (Medford Square) on High Street have a relatively large area in which the space opens out, so that you're really "in" the rotary rather soon, but some drivers still seem to instinctively feel that if you're not right next to the center island, then you're not really "in" the rotary, and thus don't have any right of way.
It seems that some lines marking the boundaries of the rotary would help, so that everyone would be able to know for sure who's "in" and has right of way. Perhaps some lane markings to clarify if the rotary consists of one or two lanes.
For example, the new 2-lane markings on Winthrop, approaching the rotary from the south, have been =very= helpful, letting people who want to turn right onto High Street do so without the uncertainty of before that blocked traffic flow even though there was technically enough space for 2 lanes.
Acknowledged Louise - Director of Budgets and Chief Procurement Officer (Registered User)
Closed Louise - Director of Budgets and Chief Procurement Officer (Registered User)
Ann Frenning Kossuth (Guest)