[Summit] The Fountain, the Trees

[Emlyn Addison]

>
> > Corner of Summit & Brewster
> > (It no longer fits two cars! Who signed off on this?)
>
> That's not true.  I drive through that intersection every day.  There
> is more than enough room for two cars to pass.


Actually, so do I and I drive a tiny hatchback; I've personally never
witnessed two cars abreast in this space. What invariably happens is that
one car simply stops and waits for the other to go...which, as you point
out, might be the intention here.


 > Corner of Rochambeau & Camp street
> > (OK I give up. What is this thing?)
>
> It's called traffic calming.  Here are some links:
>

Then this one fails. Miserably. The only traffic conceivably slowed here is
that from Dana street. I regularly see cars on Rochambeau and Camp street
whizzing through this intersection with nary a care. I applaud the theory,
but in practice this one evidently hasn't succeeded.

Otherwise if these constructions were intended as smart traffic calming
devices—and not just contractor goofs—then more power to the municipality
for doing something proactive!

For those who'd like to learn about a traffic theory being tested that aims
to do more than just calm it, but instead return to principles of
self-governance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drachten#Traffic_experiment

(The wheelchair ramps that almost didn't get installed near The Miriam
hospital are, however, another issue.)


Emlyn
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