New roundabout near Gilroy

[David Takemoto-Weerts]

A remade California intersection could change the way we drive (sfgate.com)

[Gary Cziko]

David,

It’s nice to see modern traffic engineering coming to California.

But the article is wrong in one way and incomplete in another:

“In a typical multi-lane roundabout, drivers freely shift between inner and outer lanes, delineated by painted lines. In a turbo roundabout, raised dividers separate the lanes. This means that when drivers merge onto the roundabout, they choose a lane — inner, center or outer — and stick with it until they peel off.”

That is not the case in a modern two-lane roundabout.

Incomplete in that it should say the only drawback to the turbos is that you can’t use the roundabout to make a u-turn, or circle around endlessly until you figure out which exit to take.

See 

https://youtu.be/_TkxDa4rKnI?si=sLiD8Q4L-lkGfv-8

—Gary

[Brian Kenneth Coyne]

I'll be interested to hear experiences from anyone who has navigated the new roundabout by bike!