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Comment by smileysteve

4 months ago

For pedestrians, roundabouts also eliminate left turn lanes, saving ~9' of stroad width to cross and mean only looking one, predictable, direction at a time.

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cogman10  4 months ago

At high traffic times, they can make a pedestrian wait longer. Not so fun when it's cold out.

But otherwise somewhat easier to navigate.

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