Saturday, May 22, 2004
Traffic Circles Voted Down by Three to One
Traffic circles installed in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district for the supposed purpose of cleaning the air and making streets safer were soundly rejected by a vote of local residents. Residents complained that the circles actually made the streets more dangerous for pedestrians and, by leading cars to slow and then accelerate, increased pollution. The San Francisco Fire Department also tested the circles and found they presented major barriers to their fire trucks (photo in story).
The city's Department of Parking and Traffic mailed ballots to local residents, 37 percent of which were returned. Of these, 77 percent voted against the traffic circles. As a result, the department has agreed to end plans to install more circles and to remove the four circles that it had already installed.
Traffic circles installed in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district for the supposed purpose of cleaning the air and making streets safer were soundly rejected by a vote of local residents. Residents complained that the circles actually made the streets more dangerous for pedestrians and, by leading cars to slow and then accelerate, increased pollution. The San Francisco Fire Department also tested the circles and found they presented major barriers to their fire trucks (photo in story).
The city's Department of Parking and Traffic mailed ballots to local residents, 37 percent of which were returned. Of these, 77 percent voted against the traffic circles. As a result, the department has agreed to end plans to install more circles and to remove the four circles that it had already installed.
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