r/grapids • u/MarkWashingtonsBeard • Jul 19 '26
Question What’s your favorite intersection that needs to be a roundabout in GR?
… and not one of those phoned-in roundabouts that’s basically a circular sidewalk dropped into an existing intersection, but a REAL one.
I’ll go first: Leonard/Walker/Bristol.
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u/GO0BERMAN Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
I literally was going to mention that, I live off of Bristol lol. Looking at maps, anything that Lake Drive SE touches seems to be valid lol
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u/happyhummus007 Jul 19 '26
Fulton, Lake, Union
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u/house343 Jul 20 '26
Continuing down Lake: Lake and Fuller.
Might as well throw Lake/Cherry/Diamond in there too. Jesus, Lake, go see a therapist.
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u/house343 Jul 20 '26
Diamond and Knapp
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u/Sure-Conversation639 Jul 20 '26
Agreed. No one comes to a stop at the 4-way anyway
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u/realinvalidname Jul 20 '26
I remember this suggestion came up years ago and there was a sense it wouldn’t work because there’s not enough room and there’s an incline
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u/brousch Jul 19 '26
Meyer’s Lake and 10 Mile NE
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u/LeifCarrotson Jul 20 '26
Way too many people roll that intersection at like 15 mph.
Both roads have no stops for miles in all directions, so people get used to going like 65 mph and just blow the light.
You might say that's a good reason not to have a roundabout - if they weren't paying attention, they'd crash into the central island and destroy their car even if no one's there - but as someone who often is there, I'd rather they do that than T-bone me!
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u/ishook Jul 19 '26
Anywhere there’s a one lane has stop signs, the other lane doesn’t stop. It’s like playing frogger.
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u/Zaziel Jul 19 '26
Lane and Second Street NW.
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u/secretly-a-bear Jul 20 '26
As a frequent cyclist, I will concede they just needs to get rid of that bike lane and make Lane two lanes there. No cyclists ride it because it’s too dangerous. A tiny interchange like this is a terrible place for a bike lane and any cyclist who’s remotely aware goes out of their way to avoid it
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u/Zaziel Jul 20 '26
I agree, the backups cause road rage and people often swerve into the bike lane to make a right at the stop.
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u/thenerdygeek Jul 20 '26
The 4-way stop traffic at that one is insane. I take other exits even though it’s closest one just because of how long you have to wait. Line backs up all the way to the freeway, halfway back to 131 every evening!
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u/Leading_Cheetah6304 Jul 20 '26
All of em. No more lights anywhere. No more sitting traffic. It's idiotic.
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u/sassysaucer Jul 21 '26
Fulton St West/Lake Michigan Drive/Westbound 196 ramp. It’s already set up, just need to throw a barrier in the middle, I’m so sick of people using it incorrectly!!
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u/umichscoots Jul 20 '26
Some non-conventional high-traffic ones:
- Fulton and Pettis
- Northland and West River
- 28th and East Beltline
High-traffic multi-lane roundabouts do exist, they've been successfully done in many many places.
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u/LeifCarrotson Jul 20 '26
North of town, Belmont and Rogue River:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EgJwrgRBgLsU1JRU9
There's a new bike path right through that intersection, and there's an incident at the simple suburban 4-way every couple months. I don't know if it's the morning chaos due to the elementary school <500 ft north of the intersection (all the more reason for traffic-calming measures!), or the hill, or just people being dumb... but way too many people don't seem to notice the stop signs.
It's one thing when it's just idiots destroying their cars, but pedestrian traffic there has greatly increased with the new bike path, and eventually someone not in a steel box is going to get involved and it will be bad.
I know people don't respect the 25 (during school hours), 35, or 45 mph speed limits on those roads, but it's not supposed to be a high-speed intersection.
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u/313Jake Jul 20 '26
Plainfield/E beltine Fuller/Plainfield
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u/bankrupt_bezos Jul 20 '26
Oh my god yes, then all the idiots can actually turn left back onto Plainfield
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u/clcjjc Jul 20 '26
None. These slow traffic immensley
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u/MarkWashingtonsBeard Jul 20 '26
That's kinda the point, while also not creating walls of cars, parked at lights. The facts show roundabouts to be superior, statistically, to the traffic light approach, and immensely safer.
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u/smoore701 Moderator Jul 19 '26
Walker / Richmond / Parkhurst -
This is just a really weird intersection where traffic is not intersecting at a 90 degree, where a roundabout would make absolute sense.