Data shows modern roundabouts are safer than intersections. Connecticut has built 17 of them — and more are on the way, CTDOT says.

The modern roundabout, invented in Britain in the 1960s, is a radical rethinking of the traffic circle. In the old rotary model, cars already in the circle were supposed to yield to cars entering ...

Roundabouts slow traffic down. Speed demons won’t like hearing this, but faster speeds lead to more dangerous crashes. The Federal Highway Administration says the curvature of a modern ...

Roundabouts are more and more common in the Upstate. Planners say they are safer than old intersections and help traffic to flow smoothly.

According to the Federal Highway Administration, the first modern "yield-at-entry" roundabout was built in Britain in 1956. In 1966, "a nationwide yield-at-entry rule launched the modern ...

The modern roundabout was created in 1960s Britain. But since the ’90s, the small Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Indiana has slowly become the roundabout capital of the United States.

Modern roundabouts, the city hopes, ought to improve the deadly statistics — not only for drivers, but for pedestrians too. Reduce fatal crashes by 90%. Injury crashes by 75%.

The modern roundabout allows vehicles to yield and make a smoother speed change. Roundabout is opened at the intersection of Russell and Calender Roads in Arlington on Friday, March 18, 2016.

FDOT hopes these new road designs will improve safety and alleviate congestion as Northeast Florida continues to grow.

Meanwhile, in the 1960s, the United Kingdom came up with a simple fix to their own traffic circles, ushering in the age of the modern roundabout: Give the right of way to the traffic within the circle ...

ISHPEMING, Mich. (WLUC) - The new roundabout at the intersection of US-41/M-28 and Lakeshore Drive in Ishpeming will be completed on Wednesday. MDOT expects it to be fully open to traffic around ...