• 5bicycles [he/him]
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    3 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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      3 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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        3 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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          edit-2
          3 years ago

          Then what would it make it a propper roundabout?

          • 5bicycles [he/him]
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            3 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.

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

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

          • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]M
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            3 years ago

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