[BikeLongmont] MountainView Traffic circles

[Mike Dodge]

I rode down Mountain View from Hover today was was shocked at how unsafe the 
traffic circle is.  There are no warning signs.  It seems that at a minimum 
the city should remove the bike lane designation as the barriers the city 
has errected are hazardous to bikes.  By the time I saw that the bike lane 
was blocked, there was very little time for me to check for traffic and 
merge.  At the bottom of the hill, I turned around and rode up.  Because I 
climb slow, there was more time to move over, but my slow speed and the 
faster speed of the cars made this awkward.

The cars that I noticed, would brake, swerve through the circle and 
accelerate back to what ever speed they were going.  I don't think that the 
circles effectively slowed anyone down (other than at the circle).  If the 
city wants people to go slower, they should lower the speed limit.  The only 
thing that the traffic circle does is use up brake linings and increase the 
chance of an accident.

The circle must be real scary when it is dark.