The gist is that Portland drivers couldn’t stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.
As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they’re going to go with more pedestrian deaths.
Imagine being so bad at driving that you can’t avoid hitting a bright yellow concrete cylinder sitting in the middle of the road when you’re doing 25kph.
They should just replace it with steel planter so they have to replace it less often
Just fit them with IEDs and gradually eliminate the problem drivers
Learn how to drive. Jfc.
TLDR; They didn’t actually expect them to work. Every time they get hit, they move and they require a crane or forklift to put back into position.
Perhaps they should double the weight of them so they’re less likely to move when struck.
In the UK if you crash and cause damage to the road infrastructure then you need to pay to fix it. They should bring in that law in US…
You need a real roundabout, not this half assed giant plat pot.
Alternative: recycle old, large pipeline and pour concrete between two different diameters of it. Should hold up better to being struck by idiots in vehicles
If drivers couldn’t stop hitting the planters, then the planters aren’t the problem. But hey, at least Portland is accomodating to maniac drivers.
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We really need a higher standard for possessing a drivers licenses if people can’t be trusted not to hit large, stationary objects on the regular… All of the forced incentive to drive in this country has made it into something people take for granted. It’s easy to forget you’re operating heavy machinery capable of high speeds.
Stopping with 30 kph puts a pressure of over a metric ton via the seat belt on your body for a short time.
