Electronic Resources/Links

Iowa Resources

• Iowa Safety Management System (SMS) Toolbox “Improving the Design and Operation of Roadway Intersections, Chapter 16” - www.iowasms.org/reports/toolbox/chapter16.pdf

• City of Altoona, Iowa - www.altoona-iowa.com/filecab/ROUNDABOUT.pdf

• City of Urbandale, Iowa - www.urbandale.org/Streets/RoundAboutFolder/RoundaboutHowTo.htm

U.S. Resources

• Alaska (Lounsbury & Associates) - www.alaskaroundabouts.com/

• Kansas State Center for Transportation Research and Training -
  www.k-state.edu/roundabouts/

• Kansas Department of Transportation, “Kansas Roundabout Guide: A supplement to FHWA's Roundabouts – An Information Guide” - www.ksdot.org/burtrafficeng/Roundabouts/Roundabout_guide/roundaboutguide.asp

• “A Simulation Study of Path and Speed Through Double-Lane Roundabouts,” Gregory W. Davis (FHWA Office of Safety, RD & T - - USA ), Vaughan W. Inman, Ted Shafer, Bryan J. Katz (SAIC Transportation Research Division - - USA )

• Presentation - ppc.uiowa.edu/driving-assessment
  /2003/Summaries/Downloads/posterpages/59_Davis.htm
• Final Paper - ppc.uiowa.edu/driving-assessment/2003/Summaries
  /Downloads/Final_Papers/PDF/59_Davisformat.pdf

• Virginia Dept. of Transportation - http://www.virginiadot.org/info/faq-roundabouts.asp

• Maryland State Highway Administration - www.sha.state.md.us/safety/oots/roundabouts/safety.asp

• Kittelson & Associates, Inc. - roundabout.kittelson.com/

• California, Division of Design - www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/dib/dib80-01.htm

• New York State Department of Transportation - www.dot.state.ny.us/roundabouts/round.html

• FHWA Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center - “Roundabouts: an informational guide” June 2000 (FHWA-RD-00-067) available the internet at www.tfhrc.gov/safety/00068.htm. A limited number of hardcopies are now available. To obtain a copy of the document, contact the FHWA Report Center. Fax requests to 301-577-1421.

• City of Sammamish, Washington - www.ci.sammamish.wa.us/RoundaboutDemo.aspx

• Institute for Highway Safety - www.highwaysafety.org/research/topics/roundabouts.html

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety “Crash Reductions Following Installation of Roundabouts in the United States ” March 2000 - www.dot.state.ny.us/roundabouts/files/insurance_report.pdf

• FHWA's Public Roads magazine article “ Roundabout Safety Comes to America ” - www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/fall95/p95a41.htm

• Wisconsin Department of Transportation - www.dot.wisconsin.gov/safety/motorist/roaddesign/roundabout.htm

• Oregon Department of Transportation - www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/ENGSERVICES/roundabout_home.shtml



• Jefferson County, Colorado Division of Highways and Transportation– www.co.jefferson.co.us/highways/highways_T48_R17.htm

• Florida Department of Transportation “Roundabout Guide” - www.dot.state.fl.us/trafficoperations/pdf/Florida_Roundabout_guide.pdf

• City of Scottsdale, Arizona - www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Traffic/Roundabouts/Safety.asp

• City of Provo, Utah - www.provo.org/index.php?module=ibcms&fxn=engineering.roundabouts

• Ourston Roundabout Engineering - www.ourston.com/03_Roundabout_Circle.htm

• NCHRP Synthesis 264, Modern Roundabout Practice in the United States, TRB, 1998 - gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_syn_264.pdf

• Ried Middleton, Inc. - www.reidmiddleton.com/roundabout/why.htm

• City of Davis, California - www.city.davis.ca.us/pw/traffic/roundabouts.cfm

• Kentucky Community Transportation Innovation Academy “Modern Roundabouts: A guide for application” - www.ktc.uky.edu/Reports/Roundabout_Guide.pdf

• National Cooperative Highway Research Program, NCHRP Synthesis 264, “Modern Roundabout Practice in the United States-A Synthesis of Highway Practice”; 1998; Jacquemart, Georges; Buckhurst Fish & Jacquemart, Inc.; Project 20-5 FY1996; ISN 0547-5570; ISBN 0-309-06120-2; gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_syn_264.pdf#search='roundabout iowa '



• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - Roundabout Questions and Answers and Video - www.iihs.org/research/qanda/roundabouts.html
  
  

Downloadable Brochures

How to navigate roundabouts safely. This publication is a useful tool for acquainting motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists with this kind of intersection. This publication was sponsored by the Iowa Highway Safety Management System and Iowa State University's Center for Transportation Research and Education. Available in two formats:

8 1/2 x 11 format (106k *pdf) - www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/8.5x11BROCHURE.pdf

8 1/2 x 14 format (108k *pdf) - www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/8.5x14ROUNDABOUT.pdf

Roundabouts: General Information and Driving Instructions.
City of Clive, Iowa
www.cityofclive.com/departments/administration
/online-documents/roundabouteduc.pdf