hindesky Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 I'm not sure if I'm in the correct lane or not when I go through this. I hope this makes it easier to navigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 About damn time I was thinking about this the other day driving through there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 59 minutes ago, TacoDog said: I'm not sure if I'm in the correct lane or not when I go through this. I hope this makes it easier to navigate. Here's some instructional videos  4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 I bet this intersection could be reconstructed to make it into a four way intersection with a traffic light. Arnot really should be widened as it is a well trafficked entrance to Memorial Park. Eminent domain Shipleys to give some room for Westcott and Washington to come together. It is just a fact of life that people in the south will never be able to figure out how to drive through a rotary.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 To me, it functions better than almost any other signaled intersection around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 This is hilarious  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, skooljunkie said: To me, it functions better than almost any other signaled intersection around. At rush hour, it is the motor vehicle equivalent of Fight Club.  1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB_Brendan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 41 minutes ago, s3mh said: At rush hour, it is the motor vehicle equivalent of Fight Club.  GTA reckless driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 23 hours ago, s3mh said: I bet this intersection could be reconstructed to make it into a four way intersection with a traffic light. Arnot really should be widened as it is a well trafficked entrance to Memorial Park. Eminent domain Shipleys to give some room for Westcott and Washington to come together. It is just a fact of life that people in the south will never be able to figure out how to drive through a rotary.  Yes of course. The people of Houston, a city of immigrants that's more than 1/4 foreign-born, will never be able to learn how to use a roundabout. We are just that dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Has it always been a roundabout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 49 minutes ago, mattyt36 said: Has it always been a roundabout? No. Here's what it looked like in 2004, with traffic signals  2 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Much improved! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapo2367 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Â https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/transportation/2023/02/06/construction-starting-soon-on-washington-avenue-roundabout-road-resurfacing-planned-on-several-upper-kirby-streets/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Those arrows are confusing to me, anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) Not really. Is it all of them or any specific ones that are confusing? I will say I think a second lane always makes a roundabout a bit more confusing and stressful. This one isn't too bad, but I do think the inside westbound lane when turning right from Washington is a little confusing. Can you continue into the turn or do you have to continue through the roundabout from that lane? Edited February 7, 2023 by Texasota 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 They use a left turn arrow when there aren't any left turns in a traffic circle. They use a continue straight arrow for both lanes as the indicating arrow to exit the circle. An arrow pointing left does not mean continue going in the lane. I think the arrow should be circular to indicate the angle of the lane/exit.  What actually confuses me is there are no arrows currently in the circle. You are expected to just figure it out that some sections are two lanes and some are one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Colorado ski towns are full of roundabouts, and everyone just seems to get them, even though they all are tourists - mostly from texas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.33 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Why is the southern part two lanes? I feel like it should be one lane with yellow hash markings to allow trucks and articulated buses to make the turn - like whats on the northern part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, cspwal said: Colorado ski towns are full of roundabouts, and everyone just seems to get them, even though they all are tourists - mostly from texas Texans make a mess of the roundabouts in CO ski towns. I have been to Copper, Vail and Beaver Creek over spring break. The roundabouts are a mess when the Texans are in town.  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 6 hours ago, cspwal said: Colorado ski towns are full of roundabouts, and everyone just seems to get them, even though they all are tourists - mostly from texas Surprisingly, Utah has quite a few roundabouts, and even more surprising, diverging interchanges! Been a fun state to drive, and yes ski towns in both states love their roundabouts especially exiting highways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 2:42 PM, TacoDog said: They use a left turn arrow when there aren't any left turns in a traffic circle. They use a continue straight arrow for both lanes as the indicating arrow to exit the circle. An arrow pointing left does not mean continue going in the lane. I think the arrow should be circular to indicate the angle of the lane/exit.  What actually confuses me is there are no arrows currently in the circle. You are expected to just figure it out that some sections are two lanes and some are one. My recommendation would be to drive in a circle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 4:14 PM, s3mh said: Texans make a mess of the roundabouts in CO ski towns. I have been to Copper, Vail and Beaver Creek over spring break. The roundabouts are a mess when the Texans are in town.  Colorado ski towns always have Texans in town.  Personally, I've never noticed any of the Colorado ski-town roundabouts being a mess, whether Texan-induced or otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 17 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: My recommendation would be to drive in a circle You can only do that in one of the two lanes which becomes one lane even though there are no lines indicating it's only one lane. "No signs, no lines," is Houston's motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Texans drive perfectly through the roundabouts in CO ski towns. I have been to Copper, Vail and Beaver Creek over spring break. The roundabouts function well when the Texans are in town.  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 my only issue with that round-a-bout is cycling through there. I dont enjoy the stone finish on a road bike. Driving the roundabout is easy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 hours ago, skooljunkie said: Texans drive perfectly through the roundabouts in CO ski towns. I have been to Copper, Vail and Beaver Creek over spring break. The roundabouts function well when the Texans are in town.  Yeah, right. The Texans who regularly play bumper cars all across DFW, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, etc. suddenly are on their best behavior when in the mountains even though most Houstonians can barely get through the Washington Ave roundabout without scraping metal. This may be the only thread on the internet where Texans are accused of being good drivers.  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 "Reconstruction of the road could begin as soon as the end of the May, according to Mike Wahl, assistant director of transportation and drainage operations for Houston Public Works. Crews likely will descend as the school year for Memorial Elementary School ends, he said. Drivers will not see any changes in how they move through the roundabout, created in 2003 to replace a traffic light. They may, however, notice fewer bumps and a slower trip when crews remove the bricks from the roadway and replace them with asphalt and raised crosswalks at all three of the median-separated roadways that converge as Westcott turns into Washington." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/washington-roundabout-memorial-park-blossom-17769874.php 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 Work has started, they have one lane blocked off. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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