Talk:Roundabout

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A formal request has been received to merge Traffic circle into Roundabout; dated: March 2018. Proposer's Rationale: A traffic circle and roundabout are the same thing. Discuss here. Richard3120 (talk) 01:30, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment This topic was discussed before at Talk:Roundabout/Archive 2#On whether a traffic circle is different from a roundabout, above on this talk page. There didn't seem to be much agreement then, but there does seem to be a difference between the topics of the two articles. I think they could be merged, but more care will have to go into making sure the difference between a Roundabout and a traffic circle is properly highlighted. GamerMan7799 (talk) 15:59, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

text: Comment There also seems to be additional discussion already on this topic at the following places, some of which occurred with the discussion to merge Traffic Circle and Rotary: Talk:Traffic circle#Merge with roundabout, Talk:Roundabout/Archive 2#Rotary?, Talk:Traffic Circle#(Rotary intersection) Merge, and Talk:Roundabout/Archive 2#Lead. It seems this was a pretty controversial topic. GamerMan7799 (talk) 16:25, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  "If you don't agree with me you haven't read the articles" is not an argument. If you described what you thought the difference was, that would be the start of an argument. As far as I can see, neither article succeeds in defining any kind of valid difference. The closest either comes is with U.S. Department of Transportation terminology, but the US DoT does not dictate common language usage, even in the U.S., and it certainly should not be the basis for how Wikipedia treats the subject.--Ericjs (talk) 01:54, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The difference is described below (as well as in the articles). Johnbod (talk) 01:50, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

text: The difference is stated in the 'Traffic Circle' article. 'Traffic Circle' can refer to any rotary, while 'Roundabout' refers specifically to a rotary in which traffic merges directly with traffic within the circle. Whether this difference is significant or widely agreed upon is up for debate. For the time, being, I will Oppose the merge as there is a noticeable difference with how the terms are connotated. Flameoguy (talk) 01:11, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

text: That doesn't look like an adequate merger job to me - it likely just to cause further confusion. Johnbod (talk) 03:52, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: There is an example here  (Junction 28, Newport City, United Kingdom) This is still in the process of being finished (completion sometime in September 2018) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.99.8.79 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stretched Roundabout 

message: :"Because there are only ten points of conflict (compared with 8 for a conventional single lane roundabout, or between 32 and 64 with traffic signal control), this design is often safer as well"
There are more points of conflict (10 versus 8) yet it is safer? Mistake?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2610:148:610:F82:9B9:39E0:B103:8BC4 (talk) 18:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Points of Conflict 

message: Not according to this http://www.cityofbrooklyncenter.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/331 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.126.186 (talk) 02:19, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: What the top of this graphic is carelessly calling a "roundabout" is more accurately described on the bottom half of the graphic as a Modern roundabout. In locations where the local English vernacular has been using the term "roundabout" since before the 1990s, non-engineers would use that term to describe both intersections pictured in the graphic. Meanwhile, most folks in places where "rotary" is the term of longstanding currency would call both intersection pictured a "rotary". ``` t b w i l l i e ` $1.25 ` 23:21, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Roundabouts and Rotaries are not the same thing

message: The reference number 40 is not accurate in saying that almost all of jersey roundabouts are filter in turn. The main non filter ones on island are North Beaumont Hill, airport road, tunnel, St Aubins Road, Rouge Boullion Bagatelle Road Top. Filter in turn roundabouts only account for Beaumont Hill South, St Saviour’s Road / L’Avenue et Dolmen du Pré des Lumières, St Saviour’s Road / St Mark’s Road, Springfield Road / La Petite Rue de Val Plaisont. Therefore not almost all Wokingjames (talk) 19:59, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jersey Filter in turns 

message: This section states that Dutch roundabouts give priority to cyclists yet the image next to it shows an example of a roundabout giving priority to motorists as seen by the shark teeth on the cycle path. This is not an error in the image. This second type exists as well, for instance at 53.035, 5.6675 or at 52.933, 4.756. Adding the information of the motor-priority roundabouts might be against the spirit of the section so replacing the image might be the best course of action.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.127.98.196 (talk) 04:52, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oversimplification in the section "Dutch-style roundabouts for bicycles and pedestrians" leads to a contradiction 

message: In the first sentence, I wonder if there's a better word to use to describe roundabouts, not all of which are circles. Here's a classic example in Bootle https://goo.gl/maps/1u9VSNpNSqVcZshk7 There are also polygonal or kidney-bean shaped roundabouts, but I can't think of a word which describes a closed loop. BWDuncan (talk) 17:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: “roughly round”? —Tamfang (talk) 06:54, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "circular" in the definition 

message: I’m not the COI editor here, but I would like to make a request to add information on behalf of User:Daniel.fadur who recently edited this article, but I reverted it as it seemed to be about themselves. Please see the discussion at User talk:Daniel.fadur and the edit in question at Special:Diff/1160567589. Fork99 (talk) 11:14, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict of interest editor 

message: :
This implies that the first roundabout in Japan was made then, but the ref:
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says otherwise.  Please suggest alternate wording. —Tamfang (talk) 05:40, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japan