I've had numerous near accidents at the giant traffic circle. People do not understand how they work. ALWAYS YIELD TO WHOEVER IS INSIDE THE TAFFIC CIRCLE.

Once I was stuck behind a woman INSIDE the traffic circle (with UNC stickers all over her volvo) as she was letting people into the circle in front of her.

4/28/2010 4:02:06 PM

they should just place a few LEOs at the traffic circles. When someone fucks up, pull them and give them an explanation of what they did wrong. no ticket.

4/28/2010 4:49:59 PM

People should also learn to signal properly in traffic circles.

4/28/2010 5:39:10 PM

so i realized today there is no convenient way to leave Jimmy John's parking lot and get to Pullen Rd.

4/29/2010 7:10:32 AM

What are the rules for those new parking spots on the university side of hillsborough?

4/29/2010 8:41:36 AM

i park curbside everyday. haven't gotten a ticket or seen any car with a ticket

until there's a no parking sign, I plan on parking there

p.s. watch out for your wheels. i got a little too close to that lip between the street and the curb, it hopped my car up and I scratched one of my rims on the curb

4/29/2010 9:50:16 AM

who's gonna teach us how to use roundabouts?

4/29/2010 10:12:28 AM

How Do I Drive in Roundabouts?

Right turns

•Slow down and prepare to yield as you approach the roundabout.

•On the approach, you must be in the right lane (if it is a dual lane roundabout).

•You must yield to the traffic already in the roundabout.

•Stay to the right as you approach your turn.

•Place your right turn signal on until you have exited the roundabout.

Note: Cars in the figures show the position prior to the maneuver.




Straight ahead

•Slow down and prepare to yield as you approach the roundabout.

•Unless signs or lane markings indicate an exclusive right turn, approach in the right lane and stay in that lane through the roundabout.

•If this is a two-lane roundabout and the right lane is blocked by dense traffic or a road obstruction, approach and continue through the roundabout in the left lane.

•You must yield to traffic already in the roundabout.

•Display your right turn signal just past the exit before the one you plan to use.




Left turn or U-turn

•Slow down and prepare to yield as you approach the roundabout.

•Enter the roundabout in the left lane (if it is a two-lane approach) and stay in that lane throughout the roundabout.

•You must yield to traffic already in the roundabout.

•Signal your turn just past the exit prior to the one you will use.




Remember

•Always yield to pedestrians who may be crossing the road as you approach the roundabout.

•Always watch for pedestrians, bicycle riders and motorcyclists.

•Buses and trucks may need more than one lane to enter or leave a roundabout. Keep clear of them.

•Always yield to vehicles that are in the roundabout.

4/29/2010 1:23:13 PM

They're offering a new class in the fall to teach this. RB 102. It's a graduation requirement for incoming freshmen.

4/29/2010 1:24:49 PM

Expect eminent failure once the roundabout gets painted out for multiple lanes of traffic.

4/29/2010 6:13:02 PM

same image that was posted a few pages/months ago:



I think the lines should be an improvement to the roundabout. Especially if they paint all those arrows everywhere.

4/29/2010 7:06:01 PM

I thought it was going to stay one lane through there.

Protip: if you are traveling on Hillsborough St, yes you DO have to yield at the traffic circle. I don't know how many idiots I've seen just blowing through there and almost causing accidents. I wish they'd put rumble strips before the circle.

Traffic circles rock, but only if everybody has 2 brain cells.

I've seen:
-some chick on a cell phone going in REVERSE on the circle (missed a turn) (hint, just go around again. Circles have been round for 1000's of years, and they still don't have a beginning nor end point)
-dozens of cars on Hillsborough plow through without slowing down at all
-the beforementioned person in the circle stopping to wave incoming traffic in

We're doomed if they make that 2 lane. Especially so if it should ever rain/snow.

4/29/2010 7:11:54 PM

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"We're doomed if they make that 2 lane. Especially so if it should ever rain/snow."

Pretty sure it'll be 2 lane. The size of the circle is too large for it to be just one lane.

4/29/2010 7:27:47 PM

I'm going to take off work and sit at Sadlacks all day the day they make it 2 lane then. The carnage will be epic

4/29/2010 7:37:32 PM

2 lane traffic circle in NC? That's gonna be a fucking disaster.

4/29/2010 8:26:46 PM

don't forget to factor in the hundreds of Asians around campus

4/29/2010 8:30:36 PM

...and all the old (money) people that live by Cameron Village.

4/29/2010 8:39:21 PM

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"We're doomed if they make that 2 lane. Especially so if it should ever rain/snow."

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"2 lane traffic circle in NC? That's gonna be a fucking disaster."

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"The carnage will be epic"

4/29/2010 8:49:05 PM

There's Sadlacks, kids!

Look, there's the belltower!

Down there used to be a Darryl's!

Sadlacks!

Belltower...

4/29/2010 11:29:30 PM

I really wish there was a good bar/pub on one of those two northern roundabout corners that face the bell tower with a nice outdoor patio area. Would be ideal for people/traffic watching with the tower in the background. Especially on nights when the tower is red.

Some developer get on that right now plz.

4/29/2010 11:54:35 PM

it is called the front porches of the houses on Maiden Lane.

4/30/2010 12:37:37 AM

look kids, there's big ben the belltower!



[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 7:48 AM. Reason : pic]

4/30/2010 7:48:01 AM

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"Once I was stuck behind a woman INSIDE the traffic circle (with UNC stickers all over her volvo) as she was letting people into the circle in front of her."

i've seen this twice in the past 24 hours.

i also got stuck behind a woman at the morgan st roundabout who (in heavy traffic) waited until there were absolutely no cars in the entire circle before she pulled out.

5/4/2010 3:33:28 PM

Drivers who don't know how to properly use a traffic circle are legally retarded and should have their drivers' license revoked immediately.

Hell, once those traffic circles are fully functional, they should have someone at each new circle, impounding cars and yanking cards for the next 6 months.

That'll show 'em.

[Edited on May 4, 2010 at 3:36 PM. Reason : s]

5/4/2010 3:36:01 PM

The Duck & Dumpling guy is opening a restaurant in the Darryl's/RH&B space:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/04/466981/the-return-of-david-mao-act-iii.html

5/4/2010 4:59:54 PM

^That's great news!! I love Duck & Dumpling but it's fairly pricey--the same chef but a more affordable menu sounds like a great combo to me.

5/4/2010 5:21:49 PM

oh man i love duck and dumpling

this is the type of joint we need in there

5/4/2010 6:26:07 PM

I can't wait for this. I hope they can utilize all that space effectively though.

5/4/2010 6:51:20 PM

Nice! Hillsborough St is getting classy!

5/4/2010 8:45:11 PM

That's awesome news. It really gives the street a destination restaurant (if it is good, which I expect it to be).

5/4/2010 8:48:14 PM

That's great news, we could use something like that around here
^ haha what he said

5/4/2010 9:00:12 PM

apparently i should have left raleigh long ago, so that you could have gotten all this cool shit earlier.

5/4/2010 9:28:39 PM

^ haha I was just thinking the same thing.

5/4/2010 9:40:26 PM

now maybe all my former professors who eat at porter's 3 days a week can have some place else to feel metropolitan

5/4/2010 10:59:38 PM

there's a 2 multi lane traffic circle at the corner of Fredrick Douglas and 110th street in Manhattan than has lights in the circle and turn lanes.

its the fucking worst.

5/5/2010 1:06:29 AM

lights in the circle? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?

You want a nasty traffic circle look no further than Dupont Circle in DC. 4 lanes, medians, 9 input/output streets, all scary.

5/5/2010 1:23:18 AM

^i remember being stuck in that one in a family trip as a kid.

5/5/2010 9:22:53 AM

Not sure if this has been posted recently but here is a link to the whole plan:

http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_136975_0_0_18/Hillsborough_Street-03-11-09.pdf

5/6/2010 11:24:21 AM

Noticed yesterday that some old streetcar tracks are exposed on Edenton east of the capitol. It's a shame that we haven't done anything with those, though they run right up the middle of the street so it could be hard to work around.

5/6/2010 11:39:23 AM

^They pulled some of the tracks up to use in some sort of public project in the future.

5/6/2010 2:53:32 PM

^,^^:
http://dtraleigh.com/2010/05/raleigh-streetcar-tracks-make-an-appearance-on-edenton-street/

5/6/2010 7:22:28 PM

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"The Duck & Dumpling guy is opening a restaurant in the Darryl's/RH&B space:"

It's not Greg Hatem but it's close enough for government work

5/7/2010 10:13:48 AM

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"Locopops Adds Ice Cream and Sorbets No longer is it only your neighborhood popsicle shop. Locopops has decided to add Locopints to the mix which are pints of frozen Locopop ice creams and sorbets. Currently the company only has Mexican Chocolate and Mojito Sorbet, “with Coconut Passion Fruit Sorbet in the company’s pipeline” according to the N&O. The company will also have guest flavors as well in the future. I’m sure these will become just as popular as the popsicles. Who needs Ben & Jerry’s in this town when you have Locopints! The Locopops Raleigh store is located at 1908 Hillsborough Street around the corner from Player’s Retreat and the upcoming David’s Noodles joint."

http://www.newraleigh.com/articles/archive/locopops-gets-ice-cream-and-sorbets/

5/26/2010 8:35:17 AM

Nifty! Mmmmm...sorbet.

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"It's not Greg Hatem but it's close enough for government work "

No, but it is D&D's former executive chef.

5/26/2010 9:03:42 AM

i wish people would quit tailgating through a traffic circle so there is some sort of rotation to entering it.

5/26/2010 9:41:01 AM

THERE IS NO ROTATION TO ENTERING IT

IF YOU ARE ALREADY IN THE CIRCLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY IN THE CIRCLE YOU FUCKING WAIT

5/27/2010 12:14:56 AM

^ For real.
Tailgating = Efficiency. That's the exact fucking reason it's a traffic circle instead of a four way stop.

5/27/2010 12:20:01 AM

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"Mojito Sorbet"

This is relevant to my interests.

5/27/2010 1:29:41 AM

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"Gas leak forces evacuations on Hillsborough Street Raleigh, N.C. — Raleigh police have closed part of Hillsborough Street near the campus of North Carolina State University and have evacuated buildings in the area following a natural gas leak Thursday morning. Angie Townsend, a spokeswoman for PSNC Energy, said a contractor working in the 2500 block, near Pogue Street, hit a three-quarter-inch service line. The leak has since been capped, and repairs were under way, she said. Meanwhile, police are detouring eastbound traffic at Gardner Street and westbound traffic at Horne Street, police spokesman Jim Sughrue said. He urged drivers to avoid the area, if possible, until work is complete. Further information was not immediately available. Several businesses and buildings, including some on the N.C. State campus, have been evacuated as a precaution. Thursday's leak comes just a week after an underground gas leak in downtown Raleigh force more than 160 people from downtown buildings for several hours. In that case, a contractor drilling a cable line struck ruptured a 4-inch gas line beneath Wilmington Street."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7678838/

Whoopsie daisy.

5/27/2010 11:56:17 AM

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"don't forget to factor in the hundreds of Asians around campus "

WE'RE DOOMED

5/27/2010 12:25:34 PM