1. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

2. Roundabouts Status within NYSDOT

3. Total Number is at Least 64 * 45 on the state system * 19 off the state system 46 are single laners 7 are major-minors 11 are 2 laners No 3 laners yet No minis currently – had 1 in the state but didn’t make it more than a month or so…  New York has at least 90 in design throughout the state Roundabouts in New York State

4. North Haven(01)single laner that was to be 1 of 2 Rochester(03)single laner on RIT campus Great Neck(03)single laner that replaced signalized circle Voorheesville (03)single laner that replaced yield “Y” Greenwich(04)single laner that replaced signalized “T” Ithaca(04)single laner off state system Plattsburgh(04)single laner that replaced signalized 4-way Liberty (2)(06)single laners off Exit 100, I-86 Cortlandt Manor(06)single laner that replaced signal Huntington(02)single laner used for traffic calming Rochester(05)single laner w/ raised pedestrian crossing New York Roundabouts – Single Laners

5. Common Unrealistic Objection – Large Trucks 75’x13’ Modular Home Takes Left at Greenwich, NY Roundabout

6. Mt Vernon(06)single laner with fountain and music Mendon(06)single laner with center light; hi-speed Stony Brook, LI(06)single laner on campus roadway Poughkeepsie (3)(06/08) single laners near Vassar College Bethlehem(07)single laner that replaced a 3-way stop Bainbridge(07)single laner just off I-88 exit w/NY 206 Hamburg (4)(07/08) urban single laners made of 100% PCC Westchester Airport (06) access to local airport Westhampton Beach (06) oval single laner at former 6 corners Eastern LI (07) local intersection designed by McLean Colonie Center (07) access to mall from town road Glens Falls (07) 5 legs in urban, downtown environment …New York Roundabouts – Single Laners

7. Glens Falls – 5 leg urban - downtown

8. Malta (08)single laner for Round Lake Bypass Cohoes(08)single laner at 3 corners Niagara Falls(07)single laner on Rainbow Boulevard Malta (2) (08) single laners on Dunning St. for Tech Parks Buffalo (2)(08)single laners that are only 100’ apart Caledonia(05)resigned & restriped traffic circle Batavia(09)single laner @ 33/98 Latham(09)Old Wolf @ Old Nisky Rotterdam(09)single laner @ 7/146 Irondequoit (4)(09)single laners (mostly) at end of 590 Chatham(09)small single laner Aurora(09)resigned and restriped single lane circle …New York Roundabouts – Single Laners

9. 2 Roundabout Solution Recently Completed Harlem Road at Kensington Ave and Wehrle Drive

10. Kinderhook(05)2 laner for SB direction only, 5 legs Buffalo(08)Harlem/Cleveland Road Corning (2)(03)access permits for R & D plant Latham(02) resigned & restriped traffic circle Griffiss(02)major-minor done in old air force base Round Lake(09)major-minor @ Rt 9/67 …New York Roundabouts – Major/Minors

11. Latham Traffic Circle Retrofit - Before

12. Latham Traffic Circle Retrofit - After

13. Latham Multi Lane Approach – Before Alignment, Signing & Striping

14. Latham Multi Lane Approach – After Alignment, Signing & Striping

15. New York Roundabouts – Two Laners Kingston(00)2 laner that replaced traffic circle Malta(5)(06)5 total in a ¾ mile corridor Johnson City (05)2 laner & flyover that replaced traffic circle Slingerlands (4) (07) 4 total in a 1.5 mile section of new hwy

16. Malta now has 7 in a row…

17. Coloniemajor-minor at Albany-Shaker & Maxwell Buffalo (2)major-minor on Outer Harbor project Brockportsingle laner that may be awarded??? New York Roundabouts – In Construction or maybe finished

18. Malta (2)a single & major-minor for AMD Monticellosingle laner @ 104 off 17B Mayfieldmajor-minor @ 29 & 30 East GreenbushRoute 4 @ 151 …New York Roundabouts – In Final Design

19. Auburnrailroad right thru center island CiceroOnondaga County project GlenvilleMaple @ Glenridge Road Huntington(2)Rt 110 near school for the blind …New York Roundabouts – In Design

20. Roundabouts Lessons Learned the Hard Way

21. Traffic Circle vs. Roundabout Kingston Traffic Circle Under Construction to become a Roundabout

22. Kingston Roundabout Striping If you sign & stripe it like a single lane – SURPRISE!

23. North Haven on Long Island – Design Vehicle?

24. WB-50

25. North Haven on Long Island – Design Vehicle? WB-50 WB-67

26. Rome – Former Griffiss Air Force Base What’s wrong with the truck apron?

27. Winter Plowing can still be a challenge

28. Roundabouts Policy at NYSDOT

29. Draft HDM Chapter 26  Based on FHWA Guide  Presently 103 pages – should be around 20 when done  Alterations / additions to FHWA guide:  Standard left turn arrows on approaches removed  Both sharks teeth and dashed line used  Two lane roundabouts striped  Truck aprons required for multi-lane roundabouts  WB-67 is default design vehicle  Lane by lane capacity analysis required  Critical gap reduced for intersection sight distance

30. HDM Chapter 26  Should be released later this year – for 5 years running  NYSDOT is still finalizing standards for a few roundabout topics – primarily: visually impaired accommodations  NYSDOT now requires that roundabouts be considered whenever an intersection is being evaluated for capacity or safety improvements, and if determined feasible than it SHOULD be NYSDOTs preferred intersection by default  Many other states already have similar policies recommending roundabouts… … more states to follow.

31. NYSDOT HDM Chapter 5 – Policy as of 8/23/06

32. 32 FHWA Field Memo – July 10, 2008 Consideration and Implementation of Proven Safety Countermeasures GUIDANCE STATEMENT: “Roundabouts are the preferred safety alternative for a wide range of intersections. Although they may not be appropriate in all circumstances, they should be considered as an alternative for all proposed new intersections on Federally-funded highway projects…”

33. Future Concerns  Funding!  Oversized Vehicles – especially for the wind farms  Visually Impaired Pedestrian Accommodation – ADAAG - Liability  All 2 lane crossings are likely to require some form of signalization – HAWK or hybrid, RRFB …  Likely going to make 2 lane roundabouts harder to put in just based on cost increase: +/- $250K per rbt  2019 Compliance Date?

34. Roundabouts Changes over the years at NYSDOT

35. Design Steps and Capacity Analysis  Design  Offset Left now preferred over radial  “Streamlined & simplified” process  Capacity Analysis  Was geometric specific (RODEL ONLY)  Now lane-by-lane (SIDRA & VISSIM) Note: I will elaborate on capacity tomorrow morning

36. 2000 FHWA Recommendations

37. Offset Left Now Preferred by NYSDOT & Other Organizations

38. Central City Roundabout - Radial

39. Central City Roundabout – Offset Left

40. Design Steps 1 ST – place 150’ diameter circle at center of existing intersection. All work being done at this point is with paint lines – curb lines are just offsets from the paint lines

41. Design Steps 2 nd – copy 150’ diameter circle parallel around 18’ or so twice – once for the travel lane and another time for the truck apron NOTE: later you will need to check with AutoTurn, AutoTrack or a similar program

42. Design Steps 3 rd – use a 300’ to 800’ fillet to tie the center line to the exit side of the truck apron and the left edge line to the outside of the roundabout – use the same radius to let CAD worry about the taper..

43. Design Steps 4 th – copy the new center line over 12’ for your new right edge line

44. Design Steps 5 th – use a 90’ to 110’ fillet to tie in the approach. Use the same radius on both sides – let CAD take care of the taper…

45. RESULT One leg is done – you now have an approach with geometry that requires vehicles to slow down before the yield line. This technique has 2 points of speed reduction – you have staged and staggered the speed reduction

46. The NYSDOT Roundabout Design Unit would like to thank everyone for their attention this morning…

47. NYSDOT Roundabout Design Unit Contact Information Howard McCulloch, Richard Schell, PE Michael Houlihan, Greg Bailey and Tom Kligerman, PE Roundabout Design Unit 50 Wolf Road, POD 24 Albany, New York 12232 Tel: (518) 485-7503 Fax: (518) 457-2916 E-mail: roundabouts@dot.state.ny.us