Submitted by leilagotspazz t3_yf0f3s in RhodeIsland
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Various_Butterscotch t1_iu14ry8 wrote
What's worse the Wickford intersection or Kelly Square?
degggendorf t1_iu16rc8 wrote
Good news, it's being changed to a rotary...and people are PISSED.
https://www.independentri.com/news/article_9cc1ad08-666b-11eb-9000-b3a7606a7908.html
Or town FB page post about it, with exactly the types of comments you'd expect: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OurNK/posts/2926367324259174/
degggendorf t1_iu16w8y wrote
Kelley Square is much better now, but still worse on account of so many different paths converging. Wickford is only a tee, so it can only be so bad.
Uncle_Tony96 t1_iu18ib9 wrote
Lmao you were right about the comments. How will a small rotary ruin the quaintness or history of the town? Although I’m not sure why they wouldn’t just put a light
degggendorf t1_iu1a31b wrote
Because that intersection really is a breeze the vast majority of the time...outside of the summer mornings and afternoons when it really sucks, traffic from any direction can just freely flow through. All the delays a light would introduce would be totally unnecessary. Although a light that's just flashing red/yellow most of the time would probably accomplish the same.
But I'm all for the rotary. I just want to watch the world turn.
misterspokes t1_iu1btcr wrote
That rotary makes fucking sense...
GotenRocko t1_iu1ekyl wrote
The first comment does have a point, roundabouts are more dangerous for pedestrians. Although that is in relation to normal intersections, not what is there currently.
sporkemon t1_iu1hjdl wrote
I'm curious how they're going to squeeze a rotary in that space that doesn't require drifting to make the turn, just because the space there isn't that big and it's bounded by the bridge and the businesses. I agree that a light would clog up the roads and be more trouble than it's worth. I do think the intersection of tower hill and annaquatucket by the high school needs a light, because turning off annaquatucket is hell when school gets out and it's never going to get better on its own.
Guyincognito4269 t1_iu1l7ly wrote
What you did there. I sees it.
thebirbseyeview t1_iu1lat3 wrote
I lived in NK and the only concern I had with the rotary was the potential lack of space and drivers not noticing people crossing the street. I feel like that intersection is doomed.
Dopey-NipNips t1_iu1lbm5 wrote
How is that even a question
Accurate-Historian-7 t1_iu1nv9h wrote
That’s one of the smaller potholes the state has to offer.
Charming-Savings-603 t1_iu1pcoh wrote
If your lucky, you experience all 6 of these wonderful things in one car ride! How lovely 🙄
techsavior t1_iu1snuj wrote
Isn’t “getting pissed at (x)” the official state pastime?
Edit: remove “rotaries” and replace with “(x).” It seems more appropriate for this state.
degggendorf t1_iu1vvvw wrote
I don't think the rotaries part is specifically necessary, but otherwise, yes.
degggendorf t1_iu1w382 wrote
>drivers not noticing people crossing the street
Sounds like a self-solving problem then...bad drivers go to prison and bad pedestrians go to heaven
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
degggendorf t1_iu1wgd9 wrote
>I do think the intersection of tower hill and annaquatucket by the high school needs a light
Agreed
>I'm curious how they're going to squeeze a rotary in that space that doesn't require drifting to make the turn, just because the space there isn't that big and it's bounded by the bridge and the businesses.
As I recall, the only thing being lost is like the two closest street parking spots, and the center of the rotary will practically be imaginary...just like a 3 foot brick circle at a similar level as the asphalt so it indicates where you're supposed go, but the odd semi truck could just roll straight through.
Mountain_Bill5743 t1_iu1yjra wrote
If you think the only cool shit happens in October, you need to get out more. Tons of neighborhood festivals in most of the towns, convention events, art fairs, summer festivals, social clubs, outdoor events, restaurant weeks, fun evening classes of every kind etc.
Always bored when I have a few days in Boston. Never bored here-- there is so so much happening every weekend locally.
HotConcrete t1_iu209rk wrote
Start at the Farmer’s Daughter for cool Halloween shit/corn maze extravaganza. Hit the Dunkin’ by the lookout tower. Take Bridgetown road over Narrow River so you can hit the Dunkin’ on Boston neck road to refuel yourself on the way to Wickford. Brave the intersection and stay on route 1 for a quintet of Dunkin’s before merging at super high (Or far too slow! Your choice!) speed into 95. You’re finally caffeinated so you know you can drive better than those other Fuckers. Cut them off so that they hit the construction potholes and flip them the bird as you cruise towards Mass and reefer heaven. You’ve done it!
Stunning-Picture164 t1_iu22adv wrote
Well done.
NatKingColeman t1_iu26neh wrote
> You’re finally caffeinated so you know you can drive better than those other Fuckers.
I feel attacked.
degggendorf t1_iu27jzo wrote
I think the plan is just to move all the crosswalks further away so drivers can get recombobulated after the rotary before having to think about yielding to something else
HotConcrete t1_iu2ae4u wrote
So do they
overthehillhat t1_iu2afqk wrote
Wickford was originally a horse and buggy village - - -
The bridge came much later - - -
stalequeef69 t1_iu2arfs wrote
Northeast Alternatives 😅
crystalistwo t1_iu2izir wrote
That intersection worked way better when main street was the main road, and the two roads going into it had stop signs. Then they put up the yield signs that you can see in the pic, and now it's Mad Max.
iandavid t1_iu31jxt wrote
It probably doesn’t help that the article you linked conflates rotaries and roundabouts. There’s a difference.
It sounds like RIDOT actually wants to install a roundabout there, which is much safer than a rotary, and a much better idea.
Smallwar123 t1_iu36a90 wrote
🤣🤣🤣
mydrivec t1_iu36yel wrote
no joke...there are 4 in Blackstone MA and 2 in Uxbridge!
mydrivec t1_iu370sv wrote
fair point but one of the best parts of living here is dumping here!
omjy18 t1_iu39vvw wrote
Because people don't understand circles here and it's not that hard but they make it hard
degggendorf t1_iu3w1t8 wrote
Thank you for the education, I didn't recognize/remember/appreciate the difference between them either.
polarityofmarriage t1_iu4bdhq wrote
I’m looking forward to the next montage of photos and captions because this is gold.
thebirbseyeview t1_iu4tohb wrote
I feel like a horrible person for laughing at this.
ReverendEnder t1_iu54ey7 wrote
mydrivec t1_iu7cgb6 wrote
https://www.bing.com/search?pc=U523&q=blackstone+ma+dispensary&form=U523DF
Some of them don't show on Google. Too new I think.
ReverendEnder t1_iu7duj0 wrote
Thanks!!
Uncle_Tony96 t1_iu0yt7k wrote
That Wickford intersection is impressively bad. Not sure what they were thinking. Maybe it was designed for far fewer people to go through it than they actually do