Roundabouts are built when the civil engineering of yore is overcome by the changing times. What seemed "more than enough" back then is now considered a major problem in some areas.
Think of it this way: You have a city that's been around for centuries. You can't redesign the whole thing, so you come up with something like roundabouts as a fix of desperation.
I was just reading that Toronto has been considering building some. It's more of a Euro thing, which makes sense if you think about it. The problem with Toronto is there's no room to build them where they're most needed. So it's worse than we thought.
So many cars, so little room.
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