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Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by DanTheManPR on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:18AM (#22127687)
I'm not seeing the difference between this and two lane roundabouts. We have a bunch of these in the southern suburbs of Minneapolis/St Paul, and they work well even on roads with moderately high traffic. My only issue with them is that I find them somewhat scary as a pedestrian during winter.

The first few times I encountered a two lane roundabout, I had some concerns about whether you had to cut across lanes to exit in some cases (especially when going straight across the roundabout). But after using it a bit, it's clear that it works pretty well, and that it's no worse than a 1 lane roundabout.

Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by zamadatix on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:29AM (#22127791)
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9561738,-86.1623079,150a,35y... is a "standard" two lane roundabout. Roundabouts like https://www.google.com/maps/place/Minneapolis,+MN/@44.883386... are more similar to a turbo roundabout but does not force traffic out after 3 exits or less, the inner lane could be followed indefinitely.
Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by mcv on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:49AM (#22127926)
On that second link, I don't see any roundabout at all. It looks like a regular intersection to me.
Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by Ajedi32 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:07AM (#22128063)
Maybe the aerial imagery is out of date? It looks like a regular intersection on the satellite view, but Google Maps has it marked as a roundabout.
Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by zamadatix on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:16AM (#22128157)
This is interesting, I seem to be getting newer aerial imagery than either of you https://i.imgur.com/tC6fsQm.jpg
Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by bena on Thursday January 23, 2020 @12:44PM (#22129752)
If you switch to globe view, the image changes.
Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by zamadatix on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:52PM (#22132606)
Yep that's it, globe view has the newer image and legacy mode has the older image.
Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon) by peeters on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:12AM (#22128106)
Took me a second look to see it, look at the diagram in the Wiki link. The inside lane physically becomes the outside lane at two points, meaning you don't have to cross a lane to exit like you would sometimes need to in a "normal" two-lane roundabout.