I guess not everyone is a fan of the incoming Frog Hollow roundabout. Or, perhaps this was a statement about the DOT’s attitude toward vulnerable road users in general. The roundabout may be a massive improvement for walkers, but for cyclists, not so much. It’s mind-boggling how with an opportunity to fix longstanding mistakes, the DOT opted to include overly wide car lanes and exclude bicycle lanes from the design; however, this is hardly the only place where the DOT shows up as negligent.

Take a look at many segments of interstate, for instance. You will find places where a person is unable to pull a disabled vehicle off the roadway, increasing the odds that the vehicle and/or its occupants wind up being struck by motorists traveling at highway speeds. A driver struck three people on I-91 in Wethersfield over the weekend, killing two of them. They were out of a vehicle and in the roadway following a previous crash. (You can view an image of that crash site here)

I could go on and on about how the way to make Connecticut’s streets safer is through improved infrastructure, but I have a record of doing that already.

As far as I know, this message went live on Friday and was changed back to the pre-approved text on Monday.