• A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Wow, y’all have had roundabouts since the 60’s? I didn’t see any in the US until like 2010.

    And here I thought they were modern inventions

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      4 months ago

      Funnily enough, the concept of a circular traffic junction - in a form similar to a roundabout today - was first introduced in Washington DC in the 1790s, including the Dupont Circle.

      So literally speaking, you septics invented the roundabout traffic circle.