Talk:Traffic Circle, Long Beach, California

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note: The website for the firm that did the redesign of the traffic circle says that it has the highest traffic volume of any traffic circle in the US. I'd like to find some confirmation of that info before I add it to the article.

[edit] Is the caption right?

I used to live right by the circle and drove thru it every day. I moved away a few months ago, but I am 99% certain that the last picture on the page, which claims to be the Los Coyotes entrance, is actually the PCH entrance approaching from the southeast. Am I right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.65.240.196 (talk) 04:45, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

I think that you are correct. You can see to the left on the other side where PCH starts it's rise into the Signal Hill area. My personal opinion is that the last two photos do not do a very good job of showing the Traffic Circle. What's really needed is a photo from the top of one of the nearby buildings because I don't think you can get a good view from ground level.

01JUL07 - Note on the last picture. Actually it is taken from the parking lot of the Toyota car dealership, located between the PCH (going south) entrance and the Los Coyotes entrance. Note it is directly across from the Super 8 Motel.

[edit] Traffic Accidents in the Circle

Being born and raised in Long Beach, I'd frequently heard horror stories of accidents that occured in the Traffic Circle. I'd like to see some figures if possible that show the accident totals both before and after the redundant traffic signs were posted. It should also be noted that a common erroneous rumor about the Circle is that one of the members of The Beach Boys died there, which is not true. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GrimGambit (talk • contribs) 17:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

In doing some research on the Traffic Circle, I found a CalTrans publication that talked about big drop in accidents after the last reconfiguation. Unfortunately, the numbers were pretty vague. Since I was hoping to find some more concrete data, I didn't add it as a reference. If you'd like to help out and find a good reference, that would be be great. ^BlankVerse 13:51, 27 January 2007 (UTC)