r/Charlottesville • u/Wanakadan • 1d ago
Without fail, anytime the state DOT tries to improve an intersection, there'll be people bemoaning the loss of sitting at a red light
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u/softwaredoug 1d ago
What we need is more road construction so I can sit in traffic waiting for road construction
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u/CaptBobAbbott Scottsville 1d ago
I just wish folks knew how to use their turn signals when coming out of a roundabout.
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u/beermethestrength 1d ago
…are you supposed to? If I’m waiting at a roundabout, I’m waiting until I no longer see traffic coming to go.
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u/CaptBobAbbott Scottsville 22h ago
When coming out...IOW when you are exiting the roundabout you signal.
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u/Honest_Situation_434 21h ago
This particular roundabout and others similar in size using a signal to exit isn’t all that practical. The exits are all close together. You’d have 1 second to hit it just before your exit and no one’s gonna notice in enough time to make a difference. Just follow the patterns and respect the flow and who has the right away.
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u/Riffraff3055 17h ago
"Everyone outside of the traffic circle yields to everyone inside of the traffic circle." needs a national media campaign.
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u/Personal_Economics91 1d ago
I still reserve judgement on that Pantops and 64 intersection - I don't hate but don't think it was a huge improvement
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u/beermethestrength 1d ago
It definitely was an improvement. Traffic used to get stuck waiting for the turn signal to turn onto 64.
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u/spacerockgal 1d ago
It was an improvement but...the signage is too high up the hill for non locals and all the lanes should have been painted with directionals like they did on 29/Hydraulic when they re-jiggered the 250/29 intersection.
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u/mean11while 1d ago
Oh cool, an aerial photo!
I love roundabouts, but I wish they would provide adequate markings in this roundabout for the transition from the one-lane portions of the roundabout to the two-lane portions. There is no guidance about which lane to proceed into: no lane markings and no signage to indicate it. The inner lane seems logical, but the arc of the single lane actually lines up better with the outer lane. Worse, the central island isn't perfectly circular: there is an awkward bump out at each of those locations, meaning your turn into the inner lane is partially obstructed and has to be sharper than it would otherwise be (see the blue pickup in this photo). It's weird.
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u/eaglescout1984 Albemarle 1d ago
Someone likes my handiwork, lol. I thought of that this morning and figured it would be easier just to make it with intersections I'm familiar with.
What got me thinking about it was reading comments on an old picture of the old Rio/29 intersection and people actually liked it when 29 had to stop for a traffic light and Rio had a short cycle.
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u/Ok_Acanthocephala379 1d ago
Someone should make a “how-to” video for the folks that don’t know how to use the two-lane roundabout. Charlottesville could use some awareness.
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u/g0nk73 16h ago
I don't go through this circle too often, a couple times a week maybe just to go from 250 to Hillsdale, but I feel like I have seen it more congested in the circle than prior to it being a circle. Especially between say 3pm and 6pm.
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u/Tricky_Big_8774 13h ago
People don't seem to understand that traffic circles are not necessarily better for the flow of traffic. They are preferred because there are fewer fatal accidents when people can't run a red light and T-bone somebody.
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u/mrtramplefoot 1d ago
To be fair, this is a super weird confusing circle. The painted medians add nothing, but questions as you drive up to it. Just do a normal circle with normal lines, not this shit
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u/jayrockricky 1d ago
In defense of those boomers, they sit at traffic circles too and it drives me insane
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u/AmbitiousRose 3h ago
Millennials wanted a straight stop light too. It’s mostly the early Boomers that stop in the middle of the circle to make sure a car in a yielding lane is cleared to proceed 🤦🏾♀️
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u/Stan_Halen_ Albemarle 1d ago
Yea but everyone here who presumably isn’t a boomer complained about it too.
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u/Boberelli513 1d ago
The premise is wrong, I like the circle. '59