As you are probably aware, 4 roundabouts/traffic circles will be created on N. Euclid starting today (Monday, July 6). In the public meeting on June 24, DOMI (the Department of Mobility and InfrastructureI) said they discussed these roundabouts/circles with the City-County Taskforce on Disabilities and that they are ADA compliant and fine. However, when I contacted the Taskforce Chairperson, attorney Paul O’Hanlon, he wrote (June 25): “DOMI never, ever talked with the City-County Task Force on Disabilities about these traffic circles.” Paul also said: "There is a study..(link)..that seems to show danger to blind pedestrians” but he hadn’t finished fully researching all this yet. Paul also sent me a link to a paper by the FHWA (Federal Highway Administration), which says the following re roundabouts: "Pedestrians with vision impairments may have more difficulty crossing roundabouts due to the following key factors: Pedestrians with vision impairments may have trouble finding crosswalks because crosswalks are located outside the projection of approaching sidewalks and the curvilinear nature of roundabouts alters the normal audible and tactile cues they use to find crosswalks. Roundabouts do not typically include the normal audible and tactile cues used by pedestrians with vision impairments to align themselves with the crosswalk throughout the crossing maneuver. The sound of circulating traffic masks the audible cues that blind pedestrians use to identify the appropriate time to enter the crosswalk (both detecting a gap and detecting that a vehicle has yielded).” Given this info, I think it would be good to alert blind neighbors who may not know about the roundabouts that they may need to be extra cautious when trying to cross an intersection where there is a roundabout. Wanting all of us to be safe, janet jai, MLA