Franklin Boulevard Roundabouts

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In Britain roundabouts are on the way out! The UK is quietly replacing roundabouts with traffic lights to improve traffic flow.

The UK is quietly replacing roundabouts with traffic lights. The US is doing the exact opposite. Both cite safety and traffic flow. So who is right? The Guardian - Cities

In England where the traffic circle or roundabout was first invented in 1908 there is a real shift in policy to slow down the installation of roundabouts and also to reconfigure many back to other traffic control methods.  (...)

Is Waterloo Region, Ontario and it's cities late to the party and installing outdated and unsafe traffic systems?

MacBerry, it's an interesting article, and much food for thought.  But it's a huge exaggeration to say that roundabouts are on their way out in the UK.  More are being added, while some are being changed to traffic lights, and yet others adapted to Dutch-style roundabouts with separate bicycle lanes. 

It's all about choosing the right tools for the job.  Waterloo Region isn't putting roundabouts at every intersection, either, but it's one of the tools in their toolbox, for intersections where they make sense.