#traffic-circles — Public Fediverse posts
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Have to agree that replacing the space hogging cloverleaf with a simpler design makes a lot of sense. Same logic could likely be applied to many similarly stupid original designs.
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> Vanderbilt also argues that round-abouts may be safer than traditional stoplight intersections. Though traffic circles may seem confusing, they have fewer "conflict points," places where cars can physically hit an object or person. Intersections have 32 of these conflict points, where round-abouts only have 16.
https://www.npr.org/2008/07/28/92945220/navigating-the-science-and-sociology-of-traffic
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Global News BC: ‘Safest way forward’: Pitt Meadows removes two roundabouts on arterial roadway https://globalnews.ca/news/9948781/pitt-meadows-removes-roundabouts/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #PittMeadowsremovingroundabouts #PittMeadowsroundabouts #AirportWayroundabout #BonsonRoadroundabout #CityOfPittMeadows #TrafficCircles #PittMeadows #Traffic #ICBC
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Hacking the Road: Roundabouts - If you are from the US, you might be surprised at how prevalent roundabouts are in most of the world... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/05/25/hacking-the-road-roundabouts/ #civilengineering #trafficcircles #engineering #roundabouts #featured #history #swindon #traffic