[Talk-us] First bona fide mini-roundabout spotted

[James Umbanhowar]

On Monday, May 07, 2012 10:06:04 AM Nathan Edgars II wrote:
> On 5/7/2012 9:59 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Ian Dees<ian.dees at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> I've mapped dozens of these as miniroundabouts in the midwest:
> >> http://g.co/maps/w7mnr
> > 
> > That's not a mini, though, since you can't just drive over the island.
> 
> And highway=motorways aren't restricted to motorized traffic only, and
> not all highway=trunk are trunk roads (even in the UK).
> 

I've seen a lot of the ones that Ian points out.  These seem to fit any 
definition of mini-roundabout based on size.  In contrast to the European use 
of these as alternatives to stops/yields, it seems that these are put in as 
traffic calming features.  I don't prefer tag proliferation, but the difference 
between mountability of the two types could be noted either with a different 
tag traffic_calming=mini_roundabout or an addition to the 
highway=mini_roundabout tag with traffic_calming=yes.