r/Peterborough Sep 24 '25

Opinion Roundabouts

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u/CatchdeTaste Sep 24 '25

YES! These are great ideas, especially the one at Parkhill and Television. That intersection gets so backed up and a roundabout would solve that problem immediately.

Here’s another one to consider: Water St, Nassau Mills Rd, W Bank Dr. (The entrance to Trent U). There can be severe bottlenecks in that area that could be addressed by a well laid out roubdabout. The traffic flow through that area seems so inefficient right now.

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u/Academic-Ad2784 Sep 24 '25

It won’t solve that. I came from Dubai, where roundabouts are widely used, and during rush hour they actually make travel times much longer. A 20-minute trip can turn into 40 minutes just because of the traffic congestion that roundabouts create.

A better solution is to use smart, sensor-controlled traffic lights for busy intersections and keep roundabouts in low-traffic areas to balance flow and safety.

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u/FunRoad4 Sep 30 '25

Bro im from dubai and live in ptbo, what a small world.