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  • From my understanding there are two main beneftis:

    • Capacity
    • Safety

    Roundabouts work great, until the amount of traffic becomes to big. Then it actually starts causing problems.
    At that point you can put in a regular intersection with traffic lights, which actually works better than a roundabout does in high traffic environments. But you do lose out on the traffic safety benefits, with head-on collisions becoming possible again.

    A roundabout with traffic lights increases the capacity of the intersection while still reducing the risk of deadly accidents.
    It’s also a lot cheaper than upgrading to the next step, which is building an interchange.

    Signalised roundabouts are also quite prevalent in the Netherlands, and I can speak from experience that they generally work quite well if the lights are adjusted properly.

    Note: I’m just some random guy, I’m by no means an expert on the matter.
    This is just my understanding of the benefits of lighted roundabouts.


  • That is indeed the goal, but there is still a PR battle to be had on the issue.

    To my knowledge this is the first time that congestion pricing has been implemented in North-America, and how people react to this will decide whether other North-American cities are willing to take the risk and do the same thing. Over the next couple of months there will likely be a lot of opinion pieces and article that try to make you think that the congestion pricing is a failure and should be reversed.