Welcome to the Roadscapes Wednesday segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Roadscapes Wednesday will feature roads and infrastructure related topics. Geek Alabama Editor / Publisher Nathan Young is often called the “road geek” for a good reason, Nathan loves roads and loves talking about roads!
Every year, thousands of Americans are killed at signalized intersections — in crashes that a different design virtually eliminates. The modern roundabout reduces injury crashes by up to 80%, cuts emissions, saves fuel, and costs less to maintain. So why does the U.S. still have only 10,000 roundabouts compared to France’s 30,000+?
In this video, we trace the full history — from the 1905 traffic circle at Columbus Circle to the UK’s 1966 breakthrough to Carmel, Indiana’s 155+ roundabout transformation — to understand why America abandoned circular intersections just as the rest of the world perfected them.
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