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Prosper staff outlines 'roundabouts 101'; council favors studying roundabouts for minor thoroughfares
Summary
Staff and a traffic consultant briefed council on roundabouts vs. traffic signals, covering safety, cost, capacity and pedestrian issues; council generally endorsed staff direction to consider roundabouts for minor thoroughfares and to study selected intersections that are not yet designed.
Town staff and a roundabout consultant presented a technical briefing on when to use roundabouts and when signals are preferable, and council provided direction on policy parameters for future intersection design.
Consultant Vin Kat Kumar and senior traffic engineer Robert Guy reviewed modern roundabout types, safety differences, conflict points, maintenance and construction costs, capacity ranges, pedestrian accommodations and emergency response considerations.…
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