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Roundabouts: love them or hate them?
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513 Votes

Roundabouts: love them or hate them?

Love love love!

10

They're worthless!

5

Love love love!

9 Comments
Louise Baker
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Louise Baker

Considering the cost of other roadwork fixes I think round abouts are beneficial & good to keep traffic moving & help to keep speeding down. Right turn signals need to be observed.

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Marcia Y
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Marcia Y

I really like the roundabouts. But it would be nice if people USE their blinkers on the exits. From my DMV book said: making any turns (left or) RIGHT You use your blinkers. I've had my license 49 yrs

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Dave Voiles
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Dave Voiles

When they are built correctly I like them. They save energy. Why stop at an intersection if you don't have to? Stop signs waste gas, brakes and time when there are no other cars in the intersection.

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k san
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k san

Love them! Mostly, because they keep traffic moving and they keep traffic moving. Also, they keep traffic moving! That is the main function of them, isn't it?

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Richard Cooper
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Richard Cooper

They are efficient if only people would signal it would make them more so.

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Jeff Sorrick
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Jeff Sorrick

Roundabouts are one the most efficient and cost effective way to move traffic in certain conditions. I just wish our city traffic engineering dept would consider more multiple lane roundabouts.

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Rebecca Dobrowski
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Rebecca Dobrowski

The safest and fastest intersection. Avoids t-bone accidents.

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They're worthless!

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Kathryn Kinney Evans
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Kathryn Kinney Evans

Round abouts or traffic circles, which ever, were made for people who have no idea how to negotiate a 4 way stop!! I personally hate them and try to avoid them if at all possible!

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Thom Porterfield
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Thom Porterfield

Roundabouts make entering the streets adjacent to them extremely difficult and unsafe, because there is a constant stream of traffic with no gaps, therefore causing congestion and irritable drivers.

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Brandee Mode
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Brandee Mode

Every time I have almost been in an accident it was in around about. It is difficult to tell when it's your turn to go and even when it is, you frequently only have a few seconds to get out there.

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Vernon Budd
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Vernon Budd

People don't use turn signals when exiting & they won't slow down & use common sense

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Matt
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Matt

Because many drivers use roundabouts as a four way stop which is pointless! Drivers continue to back up traffic because they don't know how to enter or exit the roundabouts.

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k san
k san

Those people shouldn't have licenses.

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Do you think safe parking spots are a good way to combat the homelessness?

YES

2

NO

2

YES

2 Comments
Charles Hemingway
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Charles Hemingway

Safe parking programs have a proven track record of successfully taking people from being homeless into having a place of their own. Safe parking programs cut down on costs to cities for ambulance calls, police calls, visits to emergency rooms and mental health crises that costs taxpayers money.

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Duane Wyman
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Duane Wyman

Perhaps? Hiding the un-housed in various random locations doesn't solve much. This is just another band-aid solution! Seems just the latest adaptation of "kicking the can down the road"...?

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NO

2 Comments
Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

Instead of a hand out, give a hand up

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Kellie Beck Fletcher
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Kellie Beck Fletcher

Stop increasing rent 2026 passed 9.5 percent rent increase will push more people into being homeless .. where is the cap we are already paying ridiculous prices for rent how can anyone save for a home. Not sure why you people can’t figure this out You’re pushing Oregonians out.

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Yes

4

No

0

Yes

4 Comments
Jane CommunityMember
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Jane CommunityMember

People should not have to put up with annoying intrusive lights that inconsiderate neighbors install

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Chris Hill
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Chris Hill

Board Member of DarkSky Oregon who worked on this with Deschutes County. Currently working to update the 24 year old City of Bend lighting ordinance.

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Thomas Orr
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Thomas Orr

I like seeing stars at night. and birds migration is important.

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Katherine GoldenEagle
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Katherine GoldenEagle

We live across the street from a duplex that has one of those motion sensor lights on the garage. It's soooo bright it lights up my bedroom and my son's and our living room. Thats just ridiclous

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No

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