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All Hail Carmel, Indiana, America's King of Roundabouts

The city recently celebrated its 100th traffic circle, and has more than 30 others planned.
City of Carmel

Folks who love that elegant traffic doughnut with a proven safety record—the roundabout—should consider relocating to Carmel, Indiana. The city recently debuted its 100th circular intersection, further solidifying its status as Exalted Roundabout Lord of the United States.

The intersection’s ribbon-cutting was marked with crowds, fireworks, live music, and a drone fly-over that captured the grass-centered ring in all its glory: