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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 13:31:23 GMT
If what we now know as roundabouts had been called gyaratorys instead, what would they have called that thing at Hanger Lane currently known as a gyratory.
Dictionary definition of a "gyratory"
gy·ra·to·ry
[jahy-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.
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Post by snoggle on Oct 23, 2013 21:08:56 GMT
If what we now know as roundabouts had been called gyaratorys instead, what would they have called that thing at Hanger Lane currently known as a gyratory. Dictionary definition of a "gyratory" gy·ra·to·ry [jahy-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating. Not sure what point you're making. I'm not aware of any defintional change. A roundabout is a single round thing (sometimes tiny, sometimes big) you drive round at a junction. To me, anyway, a gyratory as described in London is a wider traffic system involving channelling large flows across several junctions usually in a single direction. Hanger Lane is a complex set of junctions with two major "A" roads albeit resembling a squared off circle if viewed from above. Aldgate, Stoke Newington and Tottenham gyratories all involve one way streets with several junctions and routes into or through the area. TfL are obviously unravelling Tottenham's one way system at the moment and Aldgate has been partially converted to two way working but not entirely. New Cross was also modified to remove one way working from the Peckham direction. The next big gyratory that some politicians want removed is Vauxhall but that's a big challenge given the traffic volumes through that area. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 12:09:22 GMT
My point, good sir, is that the dictionary definition of a "gyratory" is "moving in a circle" which is what we know as a roundabout does.
I was asking if the very first roundabouts had been given the name gyratory rather than roundabout, what name might have been given to the present day road layouts known as a gyratory
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Post by John tuthill on Oct 24, 2013 12:44:46 GMT
My point, good sir, is that the dictionary definition of a "gyratory" is "moving in a circle" which is what we know as a roundabout does. I was asking if the very first roundabouts had been given the name gyratory rather than roundabout, what name might have been given to the present day road layouts known as a gyratory Be like the Yanks and call it 'a traffic circle'  |
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Post by snoggle on Oct 24, 2013 16:58:32 GMT
My point, good sir, is that the dictionary definition of a "gyratory" is "moving in a circle" which is what we know as a roundabout does. I was asking if the very first roundabouts had been given the name gyratory rather than roundabout, what name might have been given to the present day road layouts known as a gyratory I sit corrected. And as to your question - I haven't a clue what an alternative name for a gyratory would be. Seems a slightly odd question to me but there you go.  |
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Post by romfordbuses on Oct 24, 2013 20:40:23 GMT
Be like the Yanks and call it 'a traffic circle' Isn't that the name for the M25? |
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Post by John tuthill on Oct 24, 2013 21:06:05 GMT
Be like the Yanks and call it 'a traffic circle' Isn't that the name for the M25? No, that's a car park!!  |
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