Comments on: Four-way stop turned to yield at Dunbar-Spring roundabout

By: B.J.

B.J. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:26:58 +0000

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.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:12 +0000

I guess the idea is that everyone yields only if there’s someone in the circle already.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:15:29 +0000

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.

By: Karlito

Karlito — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:36:33 +0000

All the new traffic circles south of Sedona are 4way yields and they work fine…