Re:The Case for More Traffic Roundabouts
by JackFr on Friday September 18, 2015 @05:47PM
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That's the question I had. I had a very good experience with roundabouts driving around France for two weeks, but as a resident of Manhattan I wondered how they would fare under extremely congested conditions with many aggressive drivers. (I imagine they have those conditions in Paris -- but in Paris we took the Metro.)
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Re:The Case for More Traffic Roundabouts
by seszett on Saturday September 19, 2015 @04:46AM
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In Paris, the most traffic-heavy roundabout (place de l'Étoile, around the Arc the Triomphe) has different rules from most others, cars on the roundabout must yield to those entering.
I'm not sure it improves safety, but I think it helps preventing gridlock.
My experience in Nantes, a city with a lot of roundabouts (know for double roundabouts[1] and square roundabouts[2]) is that double roundabouts seem a bit better when there is congestion.
Usually when there is congestion on a roundabout, people on the roundabout will let every other waiting entering car pass before them, anyway. I think it works quite well.
[1] https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Rond-Point+de+Rennes,+44300...
[2] https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Place+du+G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral+...