2024-11-23T23:43:47-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/139313726/the-surprisingly-ideological-debate-over-roundabouts Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-10-19T12:48:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/90/907s7dexv5gxc3s6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The same is happening in other UK cities, which have decided that signal junctions are better for traffic flow and safer for cyclists. [...] After a century of resistance, US cities are finally learning to love the roundabout &ndash; the Bronx just got its first &ndash; believing them to be safer and better for traffic flow. [...] &ldquo;Traffic lights are so fascist and dictatorial, telling you when to stop and go,&rdquo; says Beresford. &ldquo;Roundabouts are quintessentially English and democratic in their etiquette.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>More from Archinect on street design:</p><ul><li><a title="Humanizing street design with 'shared space'" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/138804407/humanizing-street-design-with-shared-space" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Humanizing street design with 'shared space'</a></li><li><a title="More roads won't ease traffic, but charging drivers more at peak hours will" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102098978/more-roads-won-t-ease-traffic-but-charging-drivers-more-at-peak-hours-will" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More roads won't ease traffic, but charging drivers more at peak hours will</a></li><li><a title="4,114 Stoplights in Los Angeles and the Intricate Network that Keeps Traffic Moving" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/36355552/4-114-stoplights-in-los-angeles-and-the-intricate-network-that-keeps-traffic-moving" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4,114 Stoplights in Los Angeles and the Intricate Network that Keeps Traffic Moving</a></li><li><a title="From California to Texas, car culture is losing its monopoly" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/134108329/from-california-to-texas-car-culture-is-losing-its-monopoly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From California to Texas, car culture is losing its monopoly</a></li></ul>