Sanity Spreads: Roundabouts in TIME magazine

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Comments

[Paul]

All the roundabouts in my neck of the woods (Lakewood and Golden, Colorado) seem to be placed with the sole aim of slowing traffic down. They are placed in low-traffic subdivisions where you are unlikely to meet anyone coming from any direction--intersections where a yield sign is a more likely alternative than a stoplight. And I agree with the statement in the Time article that "the problem is teaching Americans how to navigate them." Having lived in Turkey for several months and Portugal for two years, I am frustrated by people (particularly those in my way) who treat a roundabout like a stop sign.

[john]

The trouble here - and in many suburbs - is that people are very much used to unimpeded travel on roads built for speed. It'll take people a while to get used to the idea that pedestrians and bikers need their space as well.