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Kent, I've corrected the ID for your Idaho Falls rbt center sculpture ... it

impressively says "Idaho Falls" ... You say it's been there a few years and

if not blamed for an accident, seems roundabout traffic would be moving slow

enough to allow an eye-contact wave to take a picture much like the

jaywalking no-harm-foul that goes on at Sarasota roundabouts ... wish they

wouldn't but that's what some people do, just sayin. Worrying City

officials here planted shrubs around the perimeter as "barrier" with little

effect -- no pedestrian has been hurt, not before shurbing and not after --

pictures still are taken and a homeless guy (eye contact wave in play) walks

over onto a truck apron from time to time and sits down to catch some rays,

sort his backpack, and do some car and people watching ... a no-harm foul.

One day I took a picture of him, attached.

With your ID fix and other notable roundabout centers that showed up,

www.SarasotaConnectivity.com now displays 36 roundabout locations that make

more of roundabout centers than just some turf.

Rounding off...

~ Rod Warner

Sarasota, FL

& www.Us41momentum.com

Subject: Large-Tall Center Island Artwork

We've been asked to review/approve a sculpture for the center of a new

roundabout in front of a high school. The sculpture consists of a 30'

tall 12" diameter pole with large stylized letters on it (we think,

representing the school, not really my cup of tea regarding the

aesthetics.) I don't have a good pictorial representation of it yet.

The base is proposed to be about 8'x8'. It appears to be outside any

clear zone requirements (see attached diagram), so other than somebody

completely missing the roundabout deflection, it shouldn't be a crash

problem. However, we're concerned about the size, in particular the

height, and also that the sculpture may be too shiny/reflective and

cause a distraction. And the height might be out of scale with the

location.

Comments or examples/pictures of similar sculptures would be welcome.

James H. Dunlop, P.E.

Congestion Management Engineer

Transportation Mobility and Safety Division

North Carolina Department of Transportation

1561 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1561

(919) 773-2800 Branch (919) 662-4340 Direct

jdunlop@ncdot.gov <mailto:jdunlop@ncdot.gov>=20

The artwork in the center island of one of Bend's most recently

constructed roundabouts is a 39' metal sculpture. More information and

pictures, although not very good ones, can be found in the following

links.=20

http://www.cascadeae.com/regional-art/bend/1808-new-public-art-installed-in-bend-roundabout

http://dukewarnerrealty.com/blog/Bends+Newest+Roundabout+Art

Scott Beaird, PE, PTOE

Kittelson & Associates, Inc. <http://www.kittelson.com/>=20

541.312.8300 (office) | 541.639.8611 (direct) | 503.957.1900 (cell)

Subject: Re: Large-Tall Center Island Artwork

The roundabout in Rod's slides show labeled Boise, Idaho is actually located in eastern Idaho, here in Idaho Falls. People love the artwork and I frequently hear positive comments about it (and negative comments about the roundabout geometry, but that's another story). The problem I have with the artwork is that people seem to like it too much. I frequently see people out in the central island having pictures taken of themselves with the art. It's not uncommon to see whole families out there. Of course, they have to cross the circulatory roadway to get there, which concerns me greatly. We recently replaced a traffic signal with another roundabout downtown and I refused requests for artwork in the central island because of my concerns about what's going on at the other location. How are others dealing with that issue?

Kent Fugal

Idaho Falls City Engineer

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 30, 2013, at 1:09 PM, "Ken Sides" <Ken.Sides@MYCLEARWATER.COM> wrote:

> Being mindful of the position of the sun, if you swing around to the other, sunlit, side you see a less dark presentation of the "iron horse." There is another, blue, artwork a few yards away that looks also to be constructed of pieces of sheet metal:

> http://goo.gl/maps/G0DK7

> I like mounded central islands. This one is half-mounded, with the half-mound serving as a rest for the horse's raised left hoof -- something I would never have thought of, and more evidence of the endless possibilities presented by the central island (and roundabout periphery) for interesting and evocative public art of all sorts. This horse seems to be associated with the adjacent property that looks like a rec center and swimming pool.

> Ken Sides, PE

From: "Batson, Scott" <Scott.Batson@PORTLANDOREGON.GOV>

Subject: Re: Collecting pictures of Art on C I

Links I've found:

Roundabout Art:

French Video: http://tinyurl.com/87yhqts Bend Art drive: http://tinyurl.com/855d4mr PixPlot Roundabouts: http://tinyurl.com/2e9dvn3 Art in traffic circles, flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=art+in+traffic+circle

Art in roundabouts, flicker: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=art+in+roundabout&m=text

http://tinyurl.com/9we2qz6

-Scott Batson

From: Chet Skwarcan <cms@TRAFFICENGINEERING.COM>

Subject: Re: Collecting pictures of Art on C I

Love the one from France -- great find! We could learn a few things from them regarding signs (less is best). "If ya need signs, redesign".

*Chet Skwarcan, PE

317-340-9724*

From: TheCITYalliance <thecityalliance@COMCAST.NET>

Subject: Re: Collecting pictures of Art on C I & context sensitive signature ID icons

Great links. Thank you!!! ..I'll share the links with our US41Momentum team and the civic leaders here.

& here's a collection of USA roundabout centers to demonstrate them as "context sensitive signature ID icons" ...

http://www.slideshare.net/thecityalliance/roundabout-centers-as-signature-ic

ons

Was prepared to show the City powers the potential of the centers while poking at where they could have been better so close to downtown Sarasota..

City Commission got the point and directed staff to come back with a roundabout center "template" (height above grade, electric, lighting, etc) so public/private interests will have basic specs to "claim" the ten planned

US41 multi-lane roundabout centers (eight funded and in FDOT work plan).

~ Rod Warner

Sarasota, Florida

www.SarasotaConnectivity.com

www.US41Momentum.com

It would be interesting to see a worldwide file Gene

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22062812

From: Bill Baranowski <bbbara@MSN.COM>

Subject: Roundabout art in France

This artist is pretty good - see his video:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9fpcn_presentation-jean-luc-ple_creation#.UWeRl7WkorkPrsentation des ralisations de l'artiste.

By Jean Luc Pl