Compare the lane approaches in my US roundabout to the Dutch one below.
Design shapes behavior.
Dutch 🇳🇱 roundabouts use mostly straight approaches, encouraging slower, safer navigation. 👍
American 🇺🇲 roundabouts curve the entry, promoting speed and reducing safety for everyone. 👎
Design shapes behavior.
Dutch 🇳🇱 roundabouts use mostly straight approaches, encouraging slower, safer navigation. 👍
American 🇺🇲 roundabouts curve the entry, promoting speed and reducing safety for everyone. 👎
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It makes me insane.
The deflection from the main traffic flow is 1:2.5 for cars. Trucks can drive over parts of the inner ring. Since the roundabout has only been modernized, it doesn't yet have the 5 cm high curb that separates the inner truck ring from the asphalt lane.
They have become safer, especially for bicycles. Now both inner-city roundabouts in Cloppenburg, my hometown, are quite acceptable.
Fun fact: It's the place where, as a 10-year-old, I experienced my first car accident as a passenger.
Back then, there were no tree.