[Talk-ca] Off Topic - Four way stops - possibly of interest to cyclists

[Corey Burger]

Because they are cheap to install. A mini-roundabout can cost upwards
of 10k while two additional stop signs are only about 2k. That is
installed cost.

They also don't prevent large vehicles from passing like a
mini-roundabout would. A bus or a large truck cannot operate down a
street with such traffic calming in place.

They are also common and never discount institutional intertia.

Corey

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:55 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was talking to a cyclist a month or two ago at some planning thing
> or other and they mentioned that four way stop signs were their least
> favourite thing about cycling in the city.  Europe doesn't use them so
> I decided to have a dig into them.
>
> Apparently they aren't very cost effective, there are more pedestrian
> accidents where they are in place, and they do not control speeds
> effectively.
>
> There is more information here:
>
> http://troymi.gov/trafficengineering/multiway.htm
>
> I'm not quite certain why we have them.
>
> Cheerio John
>
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