Posted by Bystander
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 6, 2023 at 12:49 pm
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Roundabouts work everywhere else in the world and follow the yield direction rather than stop. When Palo Alto decides to put in stop signs on roundabouts it confuses everyone who use them without problems elsewhere. Keep roundabouts universal yield.

Posted by Ramona Fernando
a resident of Professorville
on Nov 6, 2023 at 1:22 pm
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Roundabouts may be abundant elsewhere in the world, but they are rarely used in California. There is one near my house and there are frequent bicycle accidents at that location because drivers cannot see well due to obstruction by homes and vegetation. Roundabouts may be a good idea when they are planned from the time the street is built, otherwise they are too small and the round part extends into the crosswalk leaving an unsafe position for pedestrians and cyclists.

I think that 2 or 4 way stop signs work well in the downtown area of Palo Alto where streets are laid out in a grid pattern without extra space at the intersections to try and squish in a roundabout.