Four-way stop turned to yield at Dunbar-Spring roundabout
I just got this email from H.S. in Dunbar-Spring
I thought I’d let you know that we finally got our way here in the Dunbar-Spring neighborhood. They’ve replaced changed the signs at the traffic circle at University and 10th from four-way stop signs to yield signs, and if nobody dies, they’ll hopefully make the same change at the rest of the traffic circles in this neighborhood. I’m glad they chose the intersection right by my home; I think it’s a great improvement for everybody with no loss of safety.
I’m not quite sure how a four-way yield works (wouldn’t everyone be yielding to everyone else?) but it will make things easier on bicyclists. I’d be interested to know what it took to get this done, as I know there are people in other neighborhoods who want to do the same thing.
–Erik Ryberg
November 4th, 2009 at 6:36 am
All the new traffic circles south of Sedona are 4way yields and they work fine…
November 4th, 2009 at 7:15 am
That’s how they’re supposed to work, as opposed to how Tucson thought they could “improve” on the concept. People approaching the circle yield to those already *in* the circle, not those also approaching the circle.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I guess the idea is that everyone yields only if there’s someone in the circle already.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I am soooo happy for this. The point of these traffic circles is to slow traffic down and therefore encourage thru traffic to take a main route instead. Oppositely, bikes are encouraged to take this road because it’s a bike route. It doesn’t make sense to slow bikes down coming through here. But when a bike doesn’t come to a complete stop they can, and many times do, still get a traffic citation. A 4-way yield seems like a good solution for slowing cars while passing through bikes.
I hope they add them to the 9th ave circles soon. I ride through there twice a day.