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Roundabouts for high traffic areas are good. The problem is when they are overused in low traffic areas where they create obstacles to efficient continuous moti
by oldbbsnickname 3y ago
Roundabouts for high traffic areas are good. The problem is when they are overused in low traffic areas where they create obstacles to efficient continuous motion, increase pollution, and waste time.
PS: One place that doesn't do proper traffic design (or architecture): Texas. They insist on placing massive concrete dividers everywhere and have camouflaged by wear obstacles in the middle of paths that are injurious to bicyclists. It's nothing like the Netherlands where there aren't many random, dangerous surprises.
- DeRock 3y ago> The problem is when they are overused in low traffic areas where they create obstacles to efficient continuous motion, increase pollution, and waste time. The alternative (at least from my experience in the US) is a 4-way stop, and is worse for all those criteria.