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Bend Multilane Roundabouts

Make Safe Choices

What if . . .

Animation

Learning Kit • NCHRP 3-65 Presentations

• Website• Learning KIT• Video• Media Outreach• Future and Experienced

Users

NCHRP Presentations

Learning Kit • 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

DVD/CDs for take home use

BendRoundaboutLearning Kit

Video

Media Resources • Public Service Announcements

• Newspaper articles

Learning Opportunities • 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

Rookie Drivers • 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

Experienced 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

Future and Experienced Users

The following slides contain a sample of a fun, enjoyable way to convey valuable information regarding roundabouts to the child within us all….

Round about the RoundaboutDrive round around a roundaboutIn Bend, one lane or two.Stay in the lane that you arrive Go straight, go left or U.

A roundabout is just an intersectionWith a curveDrive round around a roundaboutChose safely all to serve.

The traffic in the roundaboutHas got the right of way.No stop signs round a roundaboutJust yield to them, OK?

Don’t crash into the other car.Don’t cross the middle line.Just drive around the roundaboutAnd exit when it’s time

Round about the RoundaboutYou walk around a roundabout.Don’t cross across, Not you!And on a bike, just travel likeA vehicle in queue.

Drive round around a roundaboutBe safe, you have a choiceJust use your head, do what we saidand travel safe – rejoice!

Drive slow around a roundaboutIt’s made that way you see,Just travel slow, get where you go,It’s safe for you and me!

The roundabout is safer thanA traffic light, it’s true!If your choice not right,

and bump you might, Fatalities are few.

When trucks drive through a roundaboutThey go one at a time.The apron helps them circulate -They get to cross the lines.

Round about the RoundaboutA siren means emergencyThink fast, look where are you?Give them a lane, someone’s in pain And let them quickly through

Drive round around a roundaboutChoose safe, and be a friendFrom here, from there, from everywhereA roundabout in Bend.

History

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

Bend Considers Roundabouts

History • Evolution of Single Lane Roundabouts– The story of Bend’s first

roundabout– Successes and Lessons

learned

Evolution of Single Lane Roundabouts

History • Multilane Considerations– Why?– Where/

Where not• Balanced

Approach

– When– The Future

Multilane Considerations

Design • Design Considerations– Consistency– Uniformity in

operations

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Design Considerations

Consistency in design

Uniformity in operations

History• Public Education Program

– Continuing the City’s success of using roundabouts

– Comprehensive outreach– Modular themed approach

(simple and longer messages as appropriate)