TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - New type of roundabout: roundabout with "depressed" lanes for right turning - "flower roundabout"
JO  - Promet
A1  - Tollazzi, Tomaz
A1  - Rencelj, Marko
A1  - Turnšek, Sašo
SP  - 353
EP  - 358
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
N2  - Recently, many of the foreign traffic-safety analyses point out the low level of traffic safety in multi-lane roundabouts. This problem is resolved in several ways in different countries; however, the solution, whereby the number of conflict points is diminished (e.g. turbo roundabout) has proven to be the most successful. However, the turbo roundabout also has its deficiencies: it has conflict crossing points and larger reconstruction of the existing two-lane roundabout is needed when the turbo roundabout is to be implemented instead of the existing one. In the paper a new type of roundabout has been introduced; the roundabout with "depressed" lanes for right turning ("the flower-roundabout"). Financially speaking, the main advantage of the new type of roundabout is that it can be implemented within the dimensions of the already existing "normal" two-lane roundabout. From the traffic-safety point of view, the main advantage of the new type of roundabout is that it has no crossing conflict points. KEYWORDS: traffic safety, roundabout, turbo roundabout, roundabout with "depressed" lanes for right turn<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-5320
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v23i5.153
ID  - ref1
ER  -