Traffic: Atherton may study entire stretch of Alameda de las Pulgas in town

Regarding roundabouts, my experience bicycling in Europe has been very favorable. They are very easy to use. You have to look only in one direction. There are only two rules: 1. Yield to traffic already in the roundabout. 2. Remember to use your turn signal to show that you are exiting the roundabout.

@Robert Cronin - you are so wrong! You still have to look two ways before entering a roundabout. What if there is a pedestrian crossing from your right??? If drivers only look to their left, this roundabout will be tremendously more dangerous than a standard traffic light that everyone has experience with.

Roundabouts in the UK with pedestrian crossings have those crossings clearly marked and those crossing are always before the entry into the roundabout.

In my experience roundabouts are a much more efficient, environmentally friendly and safer method of handling intersections than are traffic lights.

A roundabout makes a lot of sense. During commute hours the intersection really backs up in both directions along the Alameda and forces many (including myself) to go through residential backs streets. As more people discover traffic apps, Atherton residents are going to find their side streets more and more filled with traffic as the apps will send drivers around this blockage.
Stanford just installed roundabouts on Campus Dr. They have to deal with a lot more pedestrians and bicycles than the Alameda. For those that have safety concerns, why not look and see what the accident rate has been since these have been installed.

Moving the crosswalks to well before the roundabout makes sense for safety, but that will require drivers to yield twice, once for the crosswalk then again before entering the roundabout. Are drivers really smart enough to do this? Distracted driving is rampant in Atherton and any added complexity only adds to that.

The Stanford situation is a lot different because all the pedestrians and bicyclists encourage drivers all over campus to slow down and pay attention. Really hard to believe that will happen on Alameda de las Pulgas where speeding is currently rampant.

@parent: I have not seen a report on this to back your statement. I have seen many reports on the traffic congestion. So I ask, is this just an observation of when you drive or do you have factual material to back-up that statement. Factual data is what is relevant and thus far, factual data prevails in the traffic circle....albeit, I am not sure I like it, but I have to rely on data.