1. Roundabouts are among the safest intersection designs available.
2. Roundabouts reduce serious injury and fatal accidents.
3. Roundabouts increase pedestrian safety and mobility.
4. Roundabouts reduce traffic congestion.
5. Roundabouts increase road capacity.
6. Roundabouts reduce air and noise pollution.
7. Roundabouts can be constructed to be an aesthetic and economic attribute to a community.
8. Roundabouts take up the same or less space than a traditional signalized intersection. (Surprised? You’d be amazed how small most are.)
9. Roundabouts have an enormously positive cost/benefit ratio.