From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 19 2005 - 06:02:31 PDT
Sonny,
More on NJ traffic circle behavior. This is a
engineering write up on one near the NJ shore but
applies to most.
Vehicles travel at high speeds on the arterial
approach roadways and then attempt to merge and weave
through cross traffic from the other approaches in a
short weaving section with a small curvature radius.
This condition results in serious traffic operation
problems and high accident rates at the circle.
Accident analysis indicated that over a prior four
year period there were a reported 322 accidents with
one fatality. In fact, the circle was rated as having
the highest number of accidents in Atlantic County.
Also, during peak hours traffic develops lengthy lines
of vehicles on all radial legs of the circle. Weekends
during the summer months are also troublesome for
travelers because Route 40/322 is a key shore resort
route
http://www.bh-ba.com/cardiff_traffic.html
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