March 13, 2014: Hovenring

Diaphone Jim · 03-14-2014, 12:47 PM

Just a couple of questions if you don't mind.
I wonder if it is OK to take a shortcut on the bike ring, i.e. going clockwise. When I am riding a bike, I like to save my energy and take the shortest route.
For the amount of traffic in the pictures, does it seem an expensive project?
How does a car make turns? The lanes are marked in a seriously strange way.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2014, 02:28 PM

Good question, is it a circle/roundabout for the bikes?
For cars it's not a circle/roundabout, it's an intersection. It appears the left turn lanes are marked so drivers will turn before the center pole rather than trying to go around it and scaring the squirrel.

glatt · 03-14-2014, 02:48 PM

A couple things from this picture I found in panaramio:

1. Is that primer on rust spots already?

2. I didn't realize the road was sunken and the ring was pretty much level. I though you had to go up and over the road, but it's the road that goes down and under.

3. The cyclists don't seem to use it.

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03-14-2014, 02:28 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good question, is it a circle/roundabout for the bikes? For cars it's not a circle/roundabout, it's an intersection. It appears the left turn lanes are marked so drivers will turn before the center pole rather than trying to go around it and scaring the squirrel. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2014, 12:47 PM	#1
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Just a couple of questions if you don't mind. I wonder if it is OK to take a shortcut on the bike ring, i.e. going clockwise. When I am riding a bike, I like to save my energy and take the shortest route. For the amount of traffic in the pictures, does it seem an expensive project? How does a car make turns? The lanes are marked in a seriously strange way.

03-14-2014, 02:48 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	A couple things from this picture I found in panaramio: 1. Is that primer on rust spots already? 2. I didn't realize the road was sunken and the ring was pretty much level. I though you had to go up and over the road, but it's the road that goes down and under. 3. The cyclists don't seem to use it.

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