On the roundabout

[hotinhawaii]

Let me hasten to add, one of the chief problems with the merge lane is that is SHOULD be a zipper or alternating merge lane and not simply a "merge left" lane. Because the traffic coming from the main flow and the merge lane is about the same amount, the lane should be designated as "zipper" or "alternate." (But it's not.) A simple merge lane can't handle that much incoming traffic. My point is the engineering is flawed there, just the like the Malama intersection, just like the ramp from Keaau into the Hilo flow which tilts the wrong way. If these same traffic/road engineers will be responsible for the new roundabout, we're doomed!