ROUNDABOUTS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY REGULATIONS II: STANDARDISING RIGHT-OF-WAY REGULATIONS ON OLDER ROUNDABOUTS, THE SAFETY OF CYCLING FACILITIES, AND TWO-LANE ROUNDABOUTS

ROTONDES EN VOORRANGSREGELINGEN II: UNIFORMERING VOORRANGSREGELING OP OUDERE PLEINEN, VEILIGHEID FIETSVOORZIENINGEN EN TWEESTROOKS ROTONDES

This report discusses a number of topical subjects involving the use and realisation of roundabouts. Sparking the report was the need to include these roundabouts in a system of 'sustainably safe' infrastructure in the Netherlands whilst taking the required consistency in right-of-way regulations and layout into consideration. The results of this study should also form a basis for the new publication about roundabouts being prepared by a study group in the Netherlands Centre for Research and Contract Standardisation in Civil and Traffic Engineering (CROW). The first subject concerns regulating the right-of-way at older roundabouts where the 'traffic from the right has priority' regulation is still being applied, this regulation being unlike the regulation applied to the newer roundabouts. The next part of the report discusses the right-of-way regulation and the layout of roundabouts with separate cycle tracks. The study also examined the degree of discomfort experienced by cyclists in having to lend the right-of-way to motorised traffic when crossing the carriageway. The last part of the report concerns a study into the capacity and safety of two-lane roundabouts. (A) See also IRRD 877165.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • VAN MINNEN, J
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 60 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: R-98-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bikeways; Bus priority; Cyclists; Evaluation and assessment; Highway capacity; Layout; Roundabouts; Safety; Standardization; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 643: Capacity (road, footway); 2722: Cycle track; 1742: Cyclist; 9010: Delay; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2885: Layout; 8078: Netherlands; 648: Priority (traffic); 438: Roundabout; 1665: Safety; 9075: Standardization; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752306
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 18 1998 12:00AM