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Make Safe Choices Bend Multilane Roundabouts
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NCHRP 3-65 Presentations • Website • Learning KIT • Video • Media Outreach • Future and Experienced Users Learning Kit
NCHRP Presentations
Learning Kit Instructions • Suggestions for teaching Safe choices • Poster Boards • Tri Fold Pamphlets • 2-D Model • Bend-tailored Video • Animations • Citizen-Friendly Roundabout Plan • Presentation • Coloring Book • Bend Roundabout Photos Learning Kit Bend Roundabout Learning Kit DVD/CDs for take home use
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Public Service Announcements • Newspaper articles Media Resources
School Outreach • Integrate material with Bike Rodeo • Road Safety Day or Week • Integrate material with Safe Route to Schools • Interactive learning opportunities outside of school • Kit materials posted on the web site • Public information displays at the county fair • Public information displays at parks Learning Opportunities
Class Curriculum • Roundabout materials that can be integrated into existing driver’s education courses • Written materials as well as video clips • Opportunity to test young drivers about appropriate driver behavior and making safe choices • Supplement to Oregon DMV Handbook • Provide clear direction of user expectations • Would establish an authoritative source for appropriate driver behavior in modern roundabouts Rookie Drivers
Trucking Agencies • Freight Advisory Committee • Construction vehicles • Arrive Alive at 55 • Integrate material into existing program • Outreach to senior centers • Opportunity to address specific concerns • Interactive learning experience Experienced Drivers
The following slides contain a sample of a fun, enjoyable way to convey valuable information regarding roundabouts to the child within us all…. Future and Experienced Users
Drive round around a roundabout In Bend, one lane or two. Stay in the lane that you arrive Go straight, go left or U. A roundabout is just an intersection With a curve Drive round around a roundabout Chose safely all to serve. The traffic in the roundabout Has got the right of way. No stop signs round a roundabout Just yield to them, OK? Don’t crash into the other car. Don’t cross the middle line. Just drive around the roundabout And exit when it’s time Round about the Roundabout
You walk around a roundabout. Don’t cross across, Not you! And on a bike, just travel like A vehicle in queue. Drive round around a roundabout Be safe, you have a choice Just use your head, do what we said and travel safe – rejoice! Drive slow around a roundabout It’s made that way you see, Just travel slow, get where you go, It’s safe for you and me! The roundabout is safer than A traffic light, it’s true! If your choice not right, and bump you might, Fatalities are few. When trucks drive through a roundabout They go one at a time. The apron helps them circulate - They get to cross the lines. Round about the Roundabout
A siren means emergency Think fast, look where are you? Give them a lane, someone’s in pain And let them quickly through Drive round around a roundabout Choose safe, and be a friend From here, from there, from everywhere A roundabout in Bend. Round about the Roundabout
History
Bend Considers Roundabouts • Evolution of Single Lane Roundabouts • Multilane Considerations • Design Considerations • Education Program Objectives History
Bend Considers Roundabouts • Why did Bend begin considering roundabouts? • Bend’s driving motivation History Bend Considers Roundabouts
Evolution of Single Lane Roundabouts • The story of Bend’s first roundabout • Successes and Lessons learned History Evolution of Single Lane Roundabouts
Multilane Considerations • Why? • Where/Where not • Balanced Approach • When • The Future History Multilane Considerations
Design Considerations • Consistency • Uniformity in operations Design Detail Detail Detail Detail Detail Detail Detail Detail Design Considerations Consistency in design Uniformity in operations
Public Education Program • Continuing the City’s success of using roundabouts • Comprehensive outreach • Modular themed approach (simple and longer messages as appropriate) History
