9AM Rethinking Roundabouts?
Posted Oct 13, 2011 08:29:30 AM.
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9:00am City Planners across the country are rapidly adopting roundabouts as their preferred means of traffic control. Hamilton, Waterloo Region, Halifax and Montreal all have new roundabouts. They might be great for controlling traffic but they scare pedestrians to death! Guest: Peter Shawn Taylor, Editor-at-large for Maclean’s Magazine. Guest: Barry Wellar, Professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa. Question: Before we build more, should we rethink the plan?