No traffic lights experiment in English village

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Interesting - it's busier than I expected it would be possible for, but it looks to have worked well

I grew up in Stevenage, a 'New Town' nearly all of which was planned after WW2. The population got to about 70,000 before the first traffic lights went in - because it was designed with a lot of roundabouts (over 20, I think), and also dedicated cycleways with underpasses at the roundabouts (the cycleways didn't get used much, disappointingly, but they were safer than negotiating the fast roundabouts). The traffic was a lot smoother flowing than the equivalent-size towns nearby - but it did need the space to put in the large roundabouts as part of the initial design. It's impressive to see this work in an existing restricted space.