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Mick Cornett

Mick Cornett is the ULI Canizaro/Klingbeil Fellow for Urban Development and served as mayor of Oklahoma City from 2004 to 2018.

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Design and Planning
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Urban Design
Why Driving in Circles Makes Sense: Exploring the benefits of roundabouts and traffic circles
When I took office as mayor of Oklahoma City in 2004, my goals were similar to any other mayor’s: to improve our economy, raise our national profile, and protect our citizens. We had an intersection with safety concerns, and our planning department was pushing the idea to me and the City Council to install a traffic circle. At the time, traffic circles were new to this generation of Oklahoma City drivers, but we soon found out that they were cost-effective and most certainly safer.
December 22, 2025
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Mick Cornett
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