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  2. Frank Blackmore - Wikipedia

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    Frank Blackmore OBE DFC (16 February 1916 – 5 June 2008) was a British airman and traffic engineer.He led the development of the offside priority rule at roundabouts – which overcame capacity and safety issues at such installations, greatly increasing their usefulness and popularity around the world – and subsequently also invented the mini roundabout.

  3. Roundabout - Wikipedia

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    The Hotel Indonesia Roundabout in Jakarta, Indonesia A magic roundabout in Kent, UK, on the A13 road near Sadlers Farm. A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.

  4. File:Two-lane roundabout and turborondabout intersection ...

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  5. Magic Roundabout (Swindon) - Wikipedia

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    The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England, is a ring junction constructed in 1972 [1] consisting of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. Located near the County Ground, home of Swindon Town F.C., its name comes from the popular children's television series The Magic Roundabout. In 2009, it was voted the fourth-scariest junction in Britain ...

  6. Junctions (software) - Wikipedia

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    In ARCADY 8, [7] the Highway Capacity Manual 2010 methodology for roundabout analysis was made available. ARCADY 8 also introduced a simulation technique to deal with the modelling of certain configurations, such as lane usage at roundabouts. 'ARCADY Lite' is a simplified version of ARCADY 8 that provides basic analysis of roundabouts.

  7. Mini-Hollands - Wikipedia

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    The Mini-Hollands scheme was introduced in March 2014 by Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London. It took the form of a competition among outer London boroughs for a £100-million fund. Three boroughs – Waltham Forest , Enfield and Kingston – won £30 million each, and the remaining £10 million was shared by several other boroughs.

  8. Have you driven Boise’s dogbone roundabout? The ... - AOL

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    A regular circular roundabout around 240 feet in diameter was proposed in 2005, but in 2008 the dogbone roundabout was chosen to minimize impacts on existing properties and structures.

  9. Magic Roundabout (Colchester) - Wikipedia

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    The Greenstead roundabout is a large roundabout junction in Colchester, Essex, England. [1] It is a "magic roundabout", where traffic travels both directions around a central island. It is a ring junction comprising five mini roundabouts, with two lanes in each direction, joining each to its neighbour.