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Morro Bay, CA, is a small town that replaced a freeway offramp/frontage road 4-way stop intersection with a roundabout. Transit time through the intersection i
by russell 16y ago
Morro Bay, CA, is a small town that replaced a freeway offramp/frontage road 4-way stop intersection with a roundabout. Transit time through the intersection improved because you no-longer had to stop and wait for your turn. It seems like a good model for low to moderate volume intersections. Flow is increased and speed is reduced.
- m_eiman 16y agoRoundabouts are the New Big Thing here in Sweden, they're building them everywhere. On average it seems to be an improvement, and I have a local anecdote where a very busy intersection was rebuilt and improved vastly (while "everyone" said that it was a bad idea before it was completed).