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For a real nightmare roundabout, the winner has to be Place Charles de Gaulle around the Arc de Triumph in Paris[0]. It is about 8 lanes across, with no lane m

by scoot 7y ago

For a real nightmare roundabout, the winner has to be Place Charles de Gaulle around the Arc de Triumph in Paris[0]. It is about 8 lanes across, with no lane markings, and with vehicles entering the roundabout from one of 12 junctions having right-of-way. I'm not sure what was happening on the day the Google maps aerial photo was taken, as it unfortunately it doesn't show the chaos that normally ensues. [0] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arc+de+Triomphe/@48.8737669,2.2943922,208m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47e66fec70fb1d8f:0xd9b5676e112e643d!8m2!3d48.8737917!4d2.2950275 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arc+de+Triomphe/@48.873766...

cmehdy 7y ago
You get the gist of it if you drop into streetview and move around. [0] Having taken that roundabout in just about every way possible (car, scooter and yes - velib), I can only recommend to anyone on it to have fluid yet determined movement on the roundabout.. even if you don't quite know where you're going or if the next exit is the one you really want to take. A fun exercise. [0] https://imgur.com/gYPWfv2 https://imgur.com/gYPWfv2
jandrese 7y ago
I've never looked at the Google Maps image of the Arc de Triumph before so a question immediately comes to mind upon looking at it. How the hell did all of those tourists/pedestrians get there? There doesn't appear to be parking on the inside of the circle, nor any apparent crosswalks at that 12 lane circular nightmare. Is there a tunnel hidden underneath you can go through? There's no apparent exit unless it is inside of the monument. Is there a shuttlebus that just straight up blocks the inner lane when it shows up?
- roberto 7y ago
  There's a tunnel. I was there with my dad in 1993, and we only discovered the tunnel after we crossed the 8 lanes to get to the monument.
NoSorryCannot 7y ago
In my private vernacular, it was specifically visiting the Arc de Triomph that prompted me to coin the term "traffic tornado" and note other, invariably less turbulent ones that I find in life. It is spectacular for being such a point of interest for visitors and to then be so unfriendly to our squishy bodies and a rather unpleasant assault on the senses.

by scoot 7y ago

cmehdy 7y ago

You get the gist of it if you drop into streetview and move around. [0] Having taken that roundabout in just about every way possible (car, scooter and yes - velib), I can only recommend to anyone on it to have fluid yet determined movement on the roundabout.. even if you don't quite know where you're going or if the next exit is the one you really want to take. A fun exercise. [0] https://imgur.com/gYPWfv2 https://imgur.com/gYPWfv2

jandrese 7y ago

I've never looked at the Google Maps image of the Arc de Triumph before so a question immediately comes to mind upon looking at it. How the hell did all of those tourists/pedestrians get there? There doesn't appear to be parking on the inside of the circle, nor any apparent crosswalks at that 12 lane circular nightmare. Is there a tunnel hidden underneath you can go through? There's no apparent exit unless it is inside of the monument. Is there a shuttlebus that just straight up blocks the inner lane when it shows up?

roberto 7y ago
There's a tunnel. I was there with my dad in 1993, and we only discovered the tunnel after we crossed the 8 lanes to get to the monument.

NoSorryCannot 7y ago

In my private vernacular, it was specifically visiting the Arc de Triomph that prompted me to coin the term "traffic tornado" and note other, invariably less turbulent ones that I find in life. It is spectacular for being such a point of interest for visitors and to then be so unfriendly to our squishy bodies and a rather unpleasant assault on the senses.