Experts say that this road feature reduces traffic and car crashes.
I research transportation engineering, particularly traffic safety and traffic operations.
The birth of the modern roundabout came with yield-at-entry regulations, adopted in some towns in Great Britain in the 1950s.
The first modern roundabout in the U.S. was built in Summerlin, on the west side of Las Vegas, in 1990.
Ever since, the construction of modern roundabouts in the U.S. has picked up steam.
Persons:
—, you've, Pierre Longnus, Charles de Gaulle, Pierre L'Enfant, Eugène Hénard, William Phelps Eno, Orbon Alija, Deogratias Eustace
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Service, Engineers, Federal Highway Administration, Getty Images Engineers, Federal, Administration, Civil, Engineering Mechanics, University of Dayton
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