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101st Street and Utah Avenue
Traffic Circle

On Monday March 7, 2011 the Bloomington City Council approved the installation of a permanent traffic circle at the intersection of W 101st Street and Utah Avenue. The traffic circle will be installed during the 2011 constructions season. Along with the construction of the traffic circle, improvements to the pedestrian crossings at this intersection will also be made.

This location is currently an uncontrolled intersection with a reported neighborhood concern. As part of the intersection study, the City Engineering Department is proposing to installed a temporary traffic circle at this location. Below is information that was available at the May 13, 2010 Trial Open House.

Bloomington Today - featuring "Drive the Circle"

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A trailer with video recording equipment was placed at the intersection to evaluate the performance of the circle. Click the links below to see short clips of this video data.

101st and Utah Intersection Study and Trial

Project Goals	2 - Way Stop	4 - Way Stop	Traffic Circle
Permanent Accident Reduction	Yes	No	Yes
Neighborhood Speed Reduction	No	No	Yes
Pedestrian Safety	No	No	Yes
Minimize neighborhood Impacts (noise, air pollution, delay … )	Yes	No	Yes

How to Drive Around a Traffic Circle

Vehicles should keep to the right and travel around the traffic circle in a counter-clockwise direction.
Vehicles entering the intersection should yield to the vehicle on the right and to vehicles already in the intersection as well as any crossing pedestrians.

General Display Boards

Existing Conditions (177KB PDF)
Traffic Circle - Plan view (140KB PDF)
Existing traffic circle photos (570KB PDF)
Intersection conflict points comparison (51KB PDF)
Handout / FAQ (121KB, 2-page PDF)

For more information, contact:

Paul Jarvis
Traffic Management Coordinator
1700 W 98th Street
PH: 952-563-4548, FAX: 952-563-4868
E-mail: trafficmanagement@ci.bloomington.mn.us

101st Street and Utah Avenue Traffic Circle