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CloverLeaf Interchanges in NJ since about 1930.




> On Apr 6, 2020, at 7:22 AM, David S Malcolm via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> NJ was famous for them as well as "jug-handles". Whenever possible with road construction they are being removed or altered.
> 
> The jug-handle is a great idea that the rest of the country doesn't seem to get.
> 
> David Malcolm
> 
> 
>> On 4/6/20 3:40 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> Roundabouts. That's the word you're looking for. It is a standing joke in England that Americans can't deal with them! But they are great - once they become more familiar on roads in the US, drivers will love them. Traffic can keep flowing without all the stop-start of an intersection.
>> 
>>> On 2020-04-06 04:30, Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>> They just started installing traffic circles here a few years ago but
>>> they have quite a few now.  I love them but it does seem like most
>>> people like to stop for them which completely defeats the purpose.
>>> 
>>> Joel McGregor
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: VirtualVairs On Behalf Of Mike Kost via VirtualVairs
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2020 9:41 AM
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>>> One of the things which gets confusing to many people is it seems
>>> traffic engineers have new ideas on what makes a good intersection. It
>>> takes several years for those new ideas to make their way into common
>>> usage and people to start understanding how to use them. The current
>>> new ideas in the US are the Diverging Diamond which crosses all
>>> traffic over each other before and after an overpass so that turns
>>> onto an interstate are not crossing oncoming traffic. The other
>>> current fad here (common in much of the rest of the world) is the
>>> traffic circle. Unfortunately many that I see are too small.
>>> 
>>> Mike Kost
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