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Round and round Anchorage
drivers will go...
Article about plans to build roundabouts in Anchorage, including Southport
and Dowling Road/Seward interchange. (Anchorage
Daily News, October 7, 2000)
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City
to gate streets near planned school...
Article reporting plans to manage traffic around the new south Anchorage
high school. A roundabout will feature in the intersection on a rebuilt
Elmore Road where students will turn in to the main parking lot. (Anchorage
Daily News, June 17, 2001) To
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Driving
in circles...
Article announces the opening of Anchorage’s first roundabout at the
intersection of Southport Drive, Washington Avenue, and Maritime Loop,
with observations and opinions of some of the first drivers to experience
this new form of traffic control. (Anchorage Daily News, October 5,
2001) To
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Roundabout
drives motorists crazy...
Article reports on problems with the new Southport roundabout 3 months
after opening. There were several minor collisions of cars with one
another and with light poles close to the circle. (Anchorage
Daily News, October 17, 2002) To
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Voice
of the Times...
Editorial noted problems with roundabouts around the nation and the
new Southport roundabout in Anchorage. It predicts that Anchorage
drivers will not want more of them. (Anchorage
Daily News, January 25, 2002) To
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Voice
of the Times, Are roundabouts a good idea?...
Elise Patkotak opinion piece. She writes of her experience of traffic
circles in her youth on the east coast, and wonders why Alaska is
adopting technology that was so frightening and unsuccessful. (Anchorage
Daily News, February 13, 2002) To
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Smash
hit...
Editorial cites problems with the new Southport roundabout and opines
that roundabouts may be unsuitable for the way Anchorage drivers like
to drive. (Anchorage Daily News, August 20,
2002) To
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If
you think roundabout will make Anchorage driving easier, think again...
Mike Doogan column comments on the newly revised Southport roundabout
with a dialogue between himself and Cost Overrun, chief obfuscator
for the Division of Traffic Obstruction. (Anchorage
Daily News, August 23, 2002) To
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Learning
Curve...
Article observes the newly revised Southport roundabout, explains
the changes, and tells how Anchorage drivers are faring as they learn
to use it. (Anchorage Daily News, September
7, 2002) To
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