roundabouts
Circular intersection alternatives
Roundabouts are circular intersections where traffic flows in one direction around a central island, yielding to vehicles already in the circle.
Common in Britain and increasingly in America, they reduce the need for traffic lights.
The word also names a British amusement park ride—what Americans call a merry-go-round or carousel.
Involving circular motion
- gyratoryCircling in motion
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- junctionPoint where things meet
- yieldProduce or relinquish
circulating · entry · exit · approach · deflection · multilane · signalized
Indirect, winding path
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- circumlocutorySpeaking in circles
periphrastic · digressive · long-winded · tangential · verbose · rambling · convoluted · elliptical
rotary
Involving circular motion
yield · circulating · entry · exit · approach · deflection · multilane · signalized
circuitous
Indirect, winding path
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
circumlocutory · periphrastic · digressive · long-winded · tangential · verbose · rambling · convoluted · elliptical · tortuous
fairground
Outdoor amusement venue
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- spinningRevolving around an axis
platform · music · lights · rides · children · gallopers · whirligig · funfair · rotating · canopy
- driving hazardspotholes, black ice, debris, road debris, icy roads
- traffic lawstraffic laws, speed limit, speed limits, traffic law, traffic rules
- Road Safetyseatbelt, stop sign, speed limit, crosswalk, traffic light
- Driving TermsGPS, maps, highways, toll roads, backroads
- public worksstreets, sidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign
- transportation infrastructurehighways, highway system, highway design, road design, road network
roundaboutsstop signs
Traffic control signals
traffic lights · traffic signals · T-junctions · crossroads · dead ends
roundaboutsshortcuts
Quicker methods or paths
straight lines · beelines · as the crow flies · expressways · straightaways
roundaboutsdirectness
Quality of being straightforward
bluntness · straight talk · forthrightness · candor · getting to the point