• 5bicycles [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Think this I guess

      It's called the East City Roundabout. It is not a roundabout, it's just a circular intersection.

      And there's bonus tram tracks cutting through the middle

      • RNAi [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Oh, a multiple-lane roundabout. Yeah I saw those, and aren't that bad, see the Plaza España comment. @cambria 's example in the other hand, is a fucking nightmare.

        • 5bicycles [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Those are pretty horrible, what makes this example even more dogshit is that it is not actually a roundabout. It's called one, it looks like one, but it ain't. It's just a large, multi-lane circular intersection.

          • RNAi [he/him]
            hexagon
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            4 years ago

            Now the tram line running through the roundabout, MFers build a tunnel goddamit.

            • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]M
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              4 years ago

              Trams through roundabouts are actually a great way to provide transit priority, you only need to stop car traffic in two places.

          • RNAi [he/him]
            hexagon
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            4 years ago

            Then what would it make it a propper roundabout?

            • 5bicycles [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              The right of way regulations. Traffic inside the circle does not have the right of way, sometimes, but then sometimes it does. Every continous line in there marks a "you have to stop for incoming traffic".

              It's most easily seen if you're approaching on the leftmost lane from the South-West. Following the markings, you may only exit to the South East or the south. Or be stuck in an indefinite loop.

      • anaesidemus [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        maybe they are gonna have more roads using the roundabout later? like start with a two-way then add more as they need?