Traffic Circle or Roundabout

[MyTripisCut]

Summary:​

1.Roundabouts are more modern and efficient than rotaries.
2.A gridlock is more common in a rotary style circular intersection.
3.Rotaries have bigger circular intersections and offer longer weaving distances.
4.There are fewer accidents (lower crash rates) happening in roundabout intersections than in rotaries.
5.The intersecting streets in a roundabout are usually narrower.

Difference Between Rotary and Roundabout

Rotary vs Roundabout Many folks think that when they see a circular intersection, they always regard it as a roundabout. Well, this is not entirely true as some of these so-called roundabouts (sometimes written

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We call them circles in Jersey. They used to have actual names too, so you could give verbal directions back in the day. Like “go down route 70 to the Airport Circle”. I’ve never heard rotary or roundabout before for a roadway.

 

[oldngray]

We call them circles in Jersey. They used to have actual names too, so you could give verbal directions back in the day. Like “go down route 70 to the Airport Circle”. I’ve never heard rotary or roundabout before for a roadway.

Sounds like a New England thing. Which is why nobody else cared. We also had traffic circles before roundabout but never a rotary.

You should listen to my sister give directions. Instead of using street names or compass directions it would be more like turn left half a mile before where that big tree used to be.

 

[Lineandinitial]

We call them circles in Jersey. They used to have actual names too, so you could give verbal directions back in the day. Like “go down route 70 to the Airport Circle”. I’ve never heard rotary or roundabout before for a roadway.

I forgot about all the Traffic Circles in NJ. Especially Airport Circle outside of EWR and Brunswick Circle south of there on Rt 1
Although Circles, Rotary’s, Roundabouts and Lighted Circular Intersections are technically all different, I’ll keep referring to a LARGE “Roundabout” as a Circle and a SMALLER one as a Roundabout.

 

[Karma...]

this thread is one of the most informative and useful threads in quite some time excepting some of the contract threads.

 

[MyTripisCut]

I forgot about all the Traffic Circles in NJ. Especially Airport Circle outside of EWR and Brunswick Circle south of there on Rt 1
Although Circles, Rotary’s, Roundabouts and Lighted Circular Intersections are technically all different, I’ll keep referring to a LARGE “Roundabout” as a Circle and a SMALLER one as a Roundabout.

Apparently this is the first “rotary” in the United States. Right near Camden NJ.

Airport Circle (Pennsauken, New Jersey) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Heres an early photo and one more recent to show how messed up circles in NJ got, they removed or added lights and ramps to tons of them statewide.

 

[MyTripisCut]

this thread is one of the most informative and useful threads in quite some time excepting some of the contract threads.

Well, it’s pretty hard to politicize traffic rotaries. So there’s that.

 

[UnionStrong]

Sounds like a New England thing. Which is why nobody else cared. We also had traffic circles before roundabout but never a rotary.

You should listen to my sister give directions. Instead of using street names or compass directions it would be more like turn left half a mile before where that big tree used to be.

Rotary were I’m from. I never heard roundabout until my friends Range Rover used the term while giving directions.

 

[oldngray]

Apparently this is the first “rotary” in the United States. Right near Camden NJ.

Airport Circle (Pennsauken, New Jersey) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Heres an early photo and one more recent to show how messed up circles in NJ got, they removed or added lights and ramps to tons of them statewide.

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So the original term for a rotary was a circle?

Got it.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Here’s another famous one around here. It’s actually two consecutive circles to connect Camden and Gloucester Counties. It also floods at high tides or when the Delaware River is running high. Makes for some very long and interesting commutes that would normally take 10 minutes and can change into 40-50 minutes.

It floods so often there is a Facebook group named “Is the Brooklawn Circle Flooded?”

 

[Babagounj]

I never heard of a roundabout called a rotary either

In the UK they call them traffic calming circles.

 

[oldngray]

In the UK they call them traffic calming circles.

In the UK they aren't even smart enough to drive on the right side of the road.

 

[Babagounj]

I'm stuck with using a rotary, my small coastal town only has one road for all traffic in & out
Traffic coming from the left has 3 lanes and most vehicles using the exit after mine to the right drop down to 2 lanes
Traffic coming off of the 2 lane road into the rotary are really stupid.
There are several signs in place that state that they must YEILD, but few do.
Most treat it like a straightway at a racecourse.
Everytime it's a crap shoot on what will happen.

There is a state plan to reduce the three lane road down to two by adding a bike only lane that will add the cycle traffic to the rotary. { Nobody has mentioned where all the body bags are being stored }
During construction that 3 lane will be reduced to a single lane.
This is the major road for all traffic heading north along the coast.
The commute back ups now are a joke, I do not use that road after 4pm, if I need something it can wait until the next day.

 

[oldngray]

I'm stuck with using a rotary, my small coastal town only has one road for all traffic in & out
Traffic coming from the left has 3 lanes and most vehicles using the exit after mine to the right drop down to 2 lanes
Traffic coming off of the 2 lane road into the rotary are really stupid.
There are several signs in place that state that they must YEILD, but few do.
Most treat it like a straightway at a racecourse.
Everytime it's a crap shoot on what will happen.

There is a state plan to reduce the three lane road down to two by adding a bike only lane that will add the cycle traffic to the rotary. { Nobody has mentioned where all the body bags are being stored }
During construction that 3 lane will be reduced to a single lane.
This is the major road for all traffic heading north along the coast.
The commute back ups now are a joke, I do not use that road after 4pm, if I need something it can wait until the next day.

Those things are for lighter traffic. But build them everywhere!

 

[Karma...]

there was a band called rotary connection way back before any of youse folks time

 

[UnionStrong]

there was a band called rotary connection way back before any of youse folks time

 

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[UnionStrong]

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I did

 

[Sacrificial Lamb]

Drive straight. This is Murica damnit

Simple as.

 

[Sacrificial Lamb]

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[UnionStrong]

Lol, you are truly crazy. Lol