Comments for Bendel roundabout pulled at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 23 out of 20 comments http://www.theind.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:54:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21142 Walter: It's about the money made on all the feasibility studies that Jo-Du & Co. come up with. That is how his handlers get their payback. He claims the round-about was his personal idea. If anyone really believes that, I have some Vermillion River bottom land to sell!! Good Lord man, he sold hamsters most of his life. What would he know about a round-about? - the original northsidian Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:31:20 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21085 Anthony Boudini, You Suh, have apparently nevah read, Mr. William Faulkner's works..... If ya gonna spin, Fng Spin ! With all undue respecto. Would ya believe, Crapoville ? - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:44:25 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21071 TO: NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Unsure of your dialect but you are no William Faulkner. - Anthony Boudin Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:57:10 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21058 Rivah Raunch has its own private police dept, so fng private they ain't nevah been photographed. Undah covah like the DVD's, and the Kool cigarettes at the Wal-Marts. The fatso baldheaded men in de golf carts go, " Dem igoran drivers from Lafayette das gots be, HIC ! Hic ! the old red faced fatso bald headed men wearin dere thurty of a kind Hawaiian shirts from Moley and Holiey open to the foath button, be screamin at the cajun peeps in dere fords and chevys, coming thru the short cut to the Grand and Chucky Cheese dey be coming from the sticks Youngsville and Milton, I'se guess dey be cajun, they ain't got no show in there. hee-hee Ragin_Cajun, ya can't be talkin bout moi, eh ? ( Ows that for punctuating ) I be thinking you be ones of them, yeah now I know you a full-blood ka`jan. And Aaron the fatso baldheadedman in the golf cart be a truce story, He was screaming at an elderly lady who was hesitant to enter the traffic flow, she was crying, and scared to enter the traffic stream on a caution light, so my bro the "Original Northsidian got out of out SUV and proceeded to tell the fatso man wearin his Hawaiian Shirt with the plastic Leis, where to go, and what to do, with his Dixie Cup full of Old Charter, like ram it up the chute, and he told the fatso in the cart, that if he evah saw him screaming at anyone, evah, that he would float him down the scenic Vermilion Rivah. You have never seen a rude driver ! You wait'll you see a redfaced fatso man in a boogey woogey cap, drivin a Yellow Golf cart down Camellia and spillin his drink in a red Dixie cup. then you've seen nit all, I seem to recognize the Old Dude as a captain of a well known Rivah Raunch, Mardi Gras Krewe, yeah - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:28:05 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21057 " NEIGHBORPLEASE69, You suh are the first person to hit the nail on the head ! We nevah had the problem of bad drivers in the area back when they had to navigate old hwy 90 to reach Lafayette, but when I-10 was laid and the couillions did not have to navigate old 90 and they pulled off I-10 East, and I-10 West, OUI, HEAH THEY CAME, you are so right Suh. theys be getting off I-10 getting lost in the zig zag streets of lafayette,. They be givin up, buyin a house, stayin and they still be drivin trying to find I-10 gin to leave Lafayette. But, they be lost and we be stuck with the couillions cause they found easy pickins with the peeps afsta Kenny and Lastraps done tenderized the natives. Nows they be inbreeding and we be havin more bad ill-mannered drivers they come from unknown parts and dere name not end with eaux, or aux, and thas how ya can tell who they are, by dere names, thas the truth, yeah. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:49:43 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21052 Nobody has mentioned this drawback of roundabouts: they require large amounts of real estate. To create the large central grassy knoll, property would have to be taken from somewhere adjacent to build the circular road and the approaches. Would they get land from the adjacent hospital parking lot? Don't think so. Land that is someone's Bendel Backyard or someone's business would have to be "donated" for this common good. Roundabouts are expensive to engineer and build, but do not require the monthly expense of signal lights. (And therefore cannot have Redflex cameras, ergo the Ind must be against them.) Roundabouts are the only hip, progressive, cool, European thing to have been imported into Lafalot that I like. Or would have voted for if given the opportunity, unlike the no-bid garbage garbage or Redflex garbage. - snaildarter Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:25:12 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21044 And why can the fat guys ride the golf carts on city streets in river ranch but not the streets of the Northside? Where is Johnny Law when you need them? - the original northsidian Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:49:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21014 Great comment Drew. I've always been in favor of Roundabouts, but I never have argued the aesthetic advantages: less power lines and well landscaped circles. Didn't think of that. Well put. On another note: Northside's fat guy/golf cart rant could possibly be his best post ever. Funny stuff. - Aaron Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:38:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21012 NeighborPlease69 -- I think it's because of all the out of town drivers in Lafayette. They import their rude, aggressive, impolite driving habits and horn blowing to our fair city, and then look down their nose at "us" by saying things like "Lafayette has some of the rudest, worst drivers I've ever witnessed." I've also noticed that these abrasive drivers from out of town like to type in all caps sometimes. They punctuate their sentences with things like "EVER". And these rude out-of-town types also like to live here, but keep themselves separate and apart from the rest of us. They preach and moralize to "us" and use terms like "most of you" or, my favorite, " vast MAJORITY of you ". Old people liked to call people like that "carpetbaggers". You know the type, the ones who move in from out of town to make money and spend most of their time disparaging the people, the culture, the driving, etc. - ragin_cajun Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:30:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21009 "2nd: The South College extension has been on the books for years and will do far more to alleviate whatever problems are at that intersection than the roundabout would have" Do you have a single shred of actual evidence to support this assertion? I thought that the extension is designed to cut congestion on the Pinhook Bridge, not to improve traffic flow at S. College and Bendel. Roundabouts have 1/2 the number of conflict points of a traditional intersection. There are no stop signs, no traffic lights, no waiting for arrows, no one trying to turn left on a solid green light when they shouldn't, etc. Traffic operations are unaffected by power blackouts - something we can all appreciate in hurricane season. There is less opportunity for the deadliest types of collisions because all vehicles travel in the same direction- almost completely eliminating head-on or right-angle collisions: accidents, when they do occur, tend to be of the less severe "fender bender" variety. At a roundabout, pedestrians only have to cross traffic coming from one direction at a time. Roundabouts eliminate completely the annual electricity and maintenance costs of a signalized intersection to the tune of thousands of dollars annually. Roundabouts eliminate the matrix of overhead wires and visual clutter often associated with traffic signals - and most Lafayette thoroughfares. That is an opportunity to improve neighborhood aesthetics and actually improve local property values. Construction of a new roundabout lends itself to creation of landscaping the area, also improving the appearance of the area. It is a shame that Bendel residents might oppose a roundabout because it changes the area because, well let's face it, that existing intersection is ugly. A report on roundabouts by Kansas State University notes that before a large roundabout was built opponents claimed that (1) football game traffic would be backed up for 20 miles (2) that recreational vehicles wouldn't be able to get through the roundabout, (3) that out of town drivers wouldn't know how to drive through it (4) there would be numerous crashes, (5) new students would not be able to drive through it safely. When the roundabout was built "traffic flowed through it very smoothly...on football game day traffic flowed steadily and there never was a queue of more than three or four cars..." The report characterized the local opponents of roundabouts as "biased against modern roundabouts due to ignorance or misunderstanding of the safety and operational benefits of a modern roundabout". Another study showed that opposition to roundabouts frequently evaporates once the roundabout is built and motorists begin enjoying its benefits. It think that says it all. I've got news for readers of the independent. Louisiana has the highest auto insurance rates in the United States, and Lafayette is no exception. We pay on average $1,000 a year more than motorists in average cost states. Moving here from another southern state sent my premium - for the same coverage - up by 48%. Something is terribly wrong with how our streets and highways are being managed and knee-jerk N.I.M.B.Y. opposition to even studying designs that have been proven to improve traffic congestion and safety is part of the reason why this state will be a long, long time digging itself out of this hole. - DrewMeister Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:01:37 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-21000 I'd settle for Lafayette having better drivers. I've lived in multiple major metro areas and Lafayette has some of the rudest, worst drivers I've ever witnessed. EVER. The vast MAJORITY of you. When I was here decades ago it wasn't like that. People were far more courteous. Not any more. Shame on you Lafayette citizens. - NeighborPlease69 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:36:32 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20995 I have a great Idea, lets lay some speed bumps at every 20 linear feet on Camellia and then lets hire the perfect study firm, A LA GREENAMBULANCEMAN'S EMT'S to conduct a feasibility study on the positive impact of abandoning the GreenAmbulancemans cameras along Camelia Blvd, since the Cameras on Camelia were nevah connected to the LUS power lest we traffic-fine some Nouveau Riche who can't pay their mortgage without Mom and Pop paying for the chiruns private school tutions and replace the spy cameras with RoundAbouts at every Intersection on Camelia Blvd, to increase traffic flow, " You talk about the Fatso Baldheaded Men on their golf carts would drop their Dixie cups of Old Charter on the sacred Blvd at every roundabout, ( Can you imagine the Golf Carts bouncing ovah the roundabouts with the OLD FATSO BALDHEADED MEN catchin a coronary, just " TOO FUNNY ! And their babymamas would get their pleated white tennis shorts in a melvin aroundabout their varicose blueblood veins, Whatasight . - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:52:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20993 You hire the pefect feastability study firm and they will confirm the cronys need for a roundabout, like I said, "You hire the perfect prostrating study group and it nevah fails like A Ross weather report. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:21:05 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20959 I really hate round-abouts. I hit my first one in 1978. And I'm sure the neighbors hate them, too. So why waste $150k on a study. The study will show that a roundabout is not recommended. - PhilNdeBlanc Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:53:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20957 Does anybody know for what reason the residents did not want a roundabout? Did they think it was going to create more accidents or be too confusing? I don't understand why they wouldn't want one there. I do believe there are bigger traffic problems that need to be addressed first, but this fix was going to take years to implement since they were just at the feasibility study stage, or as shotgun calls them the crony feeding stage. - Aaron Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:04:13 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20946 Correction : A feasibility is just that " A Gourmond Feast, for special cronys to feast on i.e. A Feasibility study = origin Greek Mafia Mayors, actually a study by hand selected journeyman and journeygirls ( not to be confused with the girlys traipsing on 4 corners ) a feasibility study is akin to hiring responders for World Book Encyclopedia, door to door sales, responders who are engaged at hurried meetings at eaterys such as the Hub City Diner and the Round Booth at The Mels Diner on Johnston, the big fat recruiters hire ding a lings who could'nt sell ice in hell or mossyback battery heated socks to Eskimos in Alaska, this is reflective of throwing Taxpayers moneys to fill a gourmond's cronys children stockings at Christmas by contracting the firm to perform the feasibility study, usually from outside the immediate area in that move the mordida or bite remains, un-traceable. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:57:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20936 OH, OH, ROUNDABOUT is in-line to share in the roundabout gourmond pie A LA MODE FUTURE PROJECTS..... Why else would a couillion think by impeding traffic flow with a roundabout on a road be considered progress, a straight line between two points without obstuction is ideal insurance to increase traffic flow with less traffic accidents.Progress Bah. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:21:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20935 Ophelia, You make valid observations. But please bear in mind regarding your first and third points that LCG and the council didn't plan for a roundabout at the intersection, they merely budgeted for a feasibility study to determine if a roundabout would be an improvement and what impact it would have on traffic and surrounding homes/businesses. - Walter Pierce Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:04:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20932 Roundabouts are great --- in certain circumstances. Not this one, for the following reasons: 1st: What problem would it have solved, really; 2nd: The South College extension has been on the books for years and will do far more to alleviate whatever problems are at that intersection than the roundabout would have; 3rd: There are far too many businesses, families and individuals who would have been negatively impacted. Before we call anyone "selfish," we should look carefully at the impact of these proposals, on all the community. - Ophelia 46 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:43:51 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8853-bendel-roundabout-pulled#comment-20928 The real problem with that intersection is that it is impossible for a pedestrian or cyclist to navigate. There are no crosswalks linking any of the roads. How is it that such a dangerous intersection would exist in front of a hospital, full of patients and families who might like to walk around a bit, or eat at places like Hub City or the oil center? A roundabout would make the situation even worse! - Tampa Red Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:03:51 +0100