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Originally Posted by cbaber
I wonder if traffic sensing stop lights would make a difference for the 4-way.
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We have those all over (western Washington) and... no. Typically, the lead cars heading towards a red light will have to slow down and often stop before the sensors are triggered and the light turns to green.
In Anchorage, AK, they have timed lights and the prevailing traffic heads one direction through many intersections (basically, N-S south of downtown and E-W east of downtown). Because of this, they time the lights so you hit green lights at every intersection as you go through the city along the primary route. This works very well (probably even better than roundabouts)... until you try to take one of the side streets.
I love roundabouts, and we are starting to see them show up in Washington. Near my old house, there was one traffic light that I had to wait at for about 20 minutes a day as rush hour traffic slowly filtered through it (1+ mile backup every day). Once it was replaced with a roundabout, there was NEVER any delay.