djplong. If traffic circles are not improving traffic, then they are designed wrong. And Massachusetts spent millions removing them to put political cronies in make work projects. The next step will be to keep them working putting them back. Virginia is in the process of replacing traffic lights with them.
Example. At the intersection of route 15 and 50 in Aldie VA there was a traffic light. The majority of traffic heading West on 50 used to turn South on 15 or go straight through. Back ups in the evening were always over a mile at that light. They replaced the light with a loop of 3 circles. No more traffic back up. Traffic flows much better.
In England they have had round abouts for years, with very few lights. Traffic flow is significantly better. They work, they work well, just need to be designed correctly. The ones in TV are designed correctly. The problem is a user issue.
If you have circles in Nashua NH not working, blame the design, not the circle. And if that doesn't work for you, you could always move back to MA. But having lived in that area for many years, I know why you moved.
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