The Rise in Roundabouts in the US

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The Rise in Roundabouts in the US

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European Import Has Cars Spinning. Heads, Too
  • Traffic is going in circles. Armed with mounting data showing that roundabouts are safer, cheaper to maintain and friendlier to the environment, transportation experts around the country are persuading communities to replace traditional intersections with them.
    There’s just one problem: Americans don’t know how to navigate them.
    Modern roundabouts are ring-shaped intersections through which traffic flows in a counterclockwise pattern. Cars entering a roundabout must yield to those already inside.
    They first appeared in the United States in the early 1990s. Roundabouts are not the same as traffic circles or rotaries. Traffic circles usually operate at higher speeds, and some have traffic signals within their rings.
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