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Originally Posted by Graplr
I've been noticing a lot more round-abouts put in here instead of 4-way stops or stoplights. This is about the only thing I can see as an upgrade over a stoplight for alleviating traffic congestion. A 4-way stop would of course make it worse (ever seen what traffic is like when a stoplight goes out and just blinks red?) and of course having one way clear and the other a stop sign would cause major back-ups in the stop direction (assuming two major intersections).
So unless we go to every road being a freeway or having only round-abouts I don't see how we could get rid of stoplights.
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Same thing in my old neighborhood in Miami. They are removing lights and 4 ways and putting in roundabouts. There was never an issue with traffic in these areas since they are all residential but I don't know how you avoid traffic lights at busy divided highway intersections.