The original Magic Roundabout (there's a few of them in the UK now) was in Swindon, 1972. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon) So why don't they use roundabouts over here more frequently? In the UK they prove to be much safer and have a higher throughput than traffic light controlled junctions.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)>-- Robert On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Robert J. Cordingley <[email protected] > wrote: > Following a brief discussion last Friday on roundabouts, here's the Google > Map/Satellite image of what's known as the 'Magic Roundabout' in Hemel > Hempstead (not Newport Pagnell as I thought but I was right it is six > sided). > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hemel+hempstead+uk&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.572881,53.876953&ie=UTF8&ll=51.746223,-0.473061&spn=0.001601,0.003288&t=k&z=18 > > Easy-peasy! > > For history and background see: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A381089 > > Thanks > Robert C > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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