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Old 05-31-2006, 12:14 PM   #16
GreenTeaFrapp
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Originally Posted by ken0042
The city has a good link on it.
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server....ic+Circles.htm

I agree that they have no place on major streets in Calgary. The smaller one in McKenzie Towne that connects Sobeys and Hyde street is OK, but that should be the extent of it.
That city diagram/instructions seems pretty stupid to me.

Look at the case of cars A, B, and C. If the car in the right lane is supposed to leave at the first exit, why is car A skipping past the first exit and forcing car C to yield?

If their rules are to accurate, the right lane entering a circle should almost be like a direct off-ramp to the road on the right. But that doesn't appear to be happening according to the examples.

In suburban Ottawa, last year they converted a former four way stop, that was always backed up during rush hour, into a traffic circle with only one lane. There never seems to be backups of more then a few cars now.
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