Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 9:26 PM

To: ROUNDABOUTS@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU

Subject: Re: Japan now at 10 roundabouts

The case of Towa-cho, Iida City, Nagano Japan, is our first challenge to reform the existing signalized intersection to modern roundabout by getting rid of traffic lights.

You can see the site online at:

http://www.iidacable.tv/net/livecam-towacho.htm

Another good news in Japan is that National Police Agency is now preparing for amending Road Traffic Law, so that it can cover "roundabout".

Yes, we will surely report several interesting issues from Japan at the upcoming International Roundabout Conference, Seattle 2014!

Hideki

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Hideki NAKAMURA, Dr.-Eng.

Professor of Transportation Engineering

Nagoya University

Department of Civil Engineering

C1-2(651) Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku

Nagoya 464-8603, JAPAN

Phone: +81-52-789-2771, FAX: +81-52-789-3837

E-mail: nakamura@genv.nagoya-u.ac.jp

http://www.genv.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ge1/nakamura/index.html

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