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Originally Posted by BrianL99
That is incorrect. Other then they're both usually "circular and control traffic", they are different animals.
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I was a transportation planner for decades. State transportation dept, local agencies, consulting. I'm familiar with these traffic control systems.
Roundabout, traffic circle, rotary are just different names. Different places & people call these things different names.
Even Wikipedia says: "In U.S. dictionaries the terms roundabout, traffic circle, road circle and rotary are synonyms."
Roundabout - Wikipedia