Old Oaks

5 08 2008


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A small residential neighborhood on the lower east side, Old Oaks has some solid housing stock and some impressive structures on S Ohio Ave. It is also home to what must be the smallest roundabouts in the city.

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6 08 2008
johnwirtz (19:11:24) :

Ha! Look at that sad little traffic circle overwhelmed by lane use signs and warning markers. FYI, that is a traffic circle, not a roundabout. Roundabouts have a much bigger diameter, yield control at entry, carefully designed entry and exit radii, and splitter islands at each approach to the intersection. The one out in Dublin (I think at Brand & Muirfield Dr) is a roundabout. This little traffic circles is just for traffic calming, not really intersection control like a roundabout. Great pics of a lesser known neighborhood!

8 08 2008
columbusite (03:00:03) :

The term traffic circle was actually the first to come into my mind for some reason, but I went with roundabout. It would make sense that it’s the smallest roundabout; it’s too small to even qualify as one. What about the ones in Dennison Place? Those are rather large. And expect more lesser known neighborhoods to show up.

9 08 2008
johnwirtz (19:48:24) :

The circles in Dennison Place still seem to fit the definition of neighborhood traffic circle better than roundabout. You can see the definitions of those on page 19 of 277 at this link:
http://www.richfieldroundabouts.com/FederalGuide2.pdf

The circles in Dennison Place are potentially big enough to be converted into mini roundabouts, but if they’re operating safely I see no reason to spend the money on it.

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