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In December, the googly eyes appeared on eight sculptures in Bend’s Roundabout Art Route, a path linking 27 art installations in the middle of traffic circles.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Enterprising captains — including, Pujol confesses, his own grandfather, who owned a 38-foot lobster boat — would pick up migrants in Cuba and deliver them to waiting family members parked at the traffic circle.
—Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
And changes to streets are being done regularly, with the city spending about $74.4 million to, among other things, reduce lanes, add bump outs or build traffic circles at intersections to calm traffic.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
Are traffic circles better for the environment than four-way stops?
—Ryan McCarthy, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
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First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20circle. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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