Re:Light Traffic
by jakecopp on Sunday January 14, 2018 @04:36PM
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I grew up in Canberra, known as the roundabout capital of Australia [1] as well as being the actual capital of Australia. It has a population of ~350,000, 406 roundabouts and 276 traffic lights.
In my experience they keep traffic moving really well, as long as the traffic load into each entrance is roughly equal - otherwise it's hard to enter the roundabout from a lesser used entrance.
They take up more space than traffic lights in most situations, however Canberra is a planned suburbia so that wasn't an issue there.
In my experience they keep traffic moving really well, as long as the traffic load into each entrance is roughly equal - otherwise it's hard to enter the roundabout from a lesser used entrance.
They take up more space than traffic lights in most situations, however Canberra is a planned suburbia so that wasn't an issue there.
[1]: http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/curious-canberra/2016-12...