Path: news.demon.co.uk!demon!on-the-train.demon.co.uk!clive Message-ID: From: "Clive D. W. Feather" Newsgroups: uk.transport.london Subject: Re: Cherry Lane Roundabout Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 08:36:40 +0100 References: Lines: 17 Organization: Demon Internet Reply-To: "Clive D.W. Feather" NNTP-Posting-Host: on-the-train.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1057324185 24460 158.152.83.191 (4 Jul 2003 13:09:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:09:45 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.01-U (<81yImECxEkLwWkbKTSiEkLA3nC>) Xref: laptop.urgle.com uk.transport.london:22445 In article , Steve writes >It's basically a roundabout with the 2 major roads cutting straight through >the middle, plus traffic lights at every conceivable junction on it! Aha. This is what TRRL (Transport and Road Research Laboratory) calls a "hot cross bun junction". If only one of the roads cuts through, it's a "burger junction". Like ring junctions, they look awkward at first sight but, for certain traffic patterns, they actually improve throughput and flow. -- Clive D.W. Feather, writing for himself | Home: Tel: +44 20 8371 1138 (work) | Web: Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Written on my laptop; please observe the Reply-To address