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Traffic Circles are frequently used in cities, to control vehicular traffic at intersections. As said in [1], their main advantages can be the provision of an adequate throughput and the improvement of user safety, by slower vehicle speeds and reducing traffic conflicts.
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Sánchez Medina, J.J., Galán Moreno, M.J., Díaz Cabrera, M., Rubio Royo, E. (2009). Traffic Signals in Traffic Circles: Simulation and Optimization Based Efficiency Study. In: Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST 2009. EUROCAST 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5717. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04772-5_59
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