Comments on: Avondale Receives Livable Centers Initiative Grant to Study Roundabout and Road Diet Feasibility http://www.decaturmetro.com/2014/01/14/avondale-receives-livable-centers-initiative-grant-to-study-roundabout-and-road-diet-feasibility/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Fri, 19 Sep 2014 02:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: David http://www.decaturmetro.com/2014/01/14/avondale-receives-livable-centers-initiative-grant-to-study-roundabout-and-road-diet-feasibility/#comment-459916 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:10:07 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=29202#comment-459916 The roundabout ideas are pretty cool. NOT into the idea of having to go left or right from N. Clarendon or not being able to turn left onto N. Clarendon. Seriously hate that.

]]> By: So Many Books...So Little Time http://www.decaturmetro.com/2014/01/14/avondale-receives-livable-centers-initiative-grant-to-study-roundabout-and-road-diet-feasibility/#comment-459479 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:16:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=29202#comment-459479 And LGBT scoring.

Wait, that sounded oddly salacious.

]]> By: J_T http://www.decaturmetro.com/2014/01/14/avondale-receives-livable-centers-initiative-grant-to-study-roundabout-and-road-diet-feasibility/#comment-459392 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:07:42 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=29202#comment-459392 Also in Italian beef sandwiches and meat-and-three cafeterias. And postal services.

]]> By: ScottRAB http://www.decaturmetro.com/2014/01/14/avondale-receives-livable-centers-initiative-grant-to-study-roundabout-and-road-diet-feasibility/#comment-459380 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=29202#comment-459380 For more info on modern roundabouts:
Visit http://tinyurl.com/iihsRAB for modern roundabout FAQs and safety facts. Modern roundabouts, and the pedestrian refuge islands approaching them, are two of nine proven safety measures identified by the FHWA, http://tinyurl.com/7qvsaem
The FHWA has a video about modern roundabouts that is mostly accurate (http://tinyurl.com/6v44a3x

]]> By: Avondalian http://www.decaturmetro.com/2014/01/14/avondale-receives-livable-centers-initiative-grant-to-study-roundabout-and-road-diet-feasibility/#comment-459324 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:51:43 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=29202#comment-459324 Having taken part in the Master Plan update, it was pretty much a given that the Town will push GDOT to allow the town to road diet N. Avondale/College and add bike lanes, curbs and streetscape. An unmentioned bit is that because of the new billboard law, I doubt we could get nice tree plantings along a lot of the stretch due to a few billboards–several seem to be within the City limit pre-annexation. But bike lanes, drainage and sidewalks—at least that would be something. The roundabout concepts already put forward are very interesting. It would really change the “Town Green” buffer between Clarendon and Berkeley. However, all of this will be WAY in the future since AE will not have the resources to do it all ourselves. But maybe we can have a project down for the next T-Splost vote (har har).

http://downtownmasterplan2014.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/2013-11-14_transportationboard.pdf

]]>