All you need to know about Roundabouts

Roundabout Users

• Drivers

  1. APPROACH

  • Reduce your speed and choose your lane (if more than one lane).
  • Watch for road signs.
  • Watch for pedestrians and cyclists and be ready to stop.

  2. YIELD

  • Always yield to traffic in the Roundabout.
  • Wait for a safe gap in the traffic, remembering that those in the Roundabout have the right-of-way

  3. ENTER

  • Enter the roundabout to your right.
  • Continue counter-clockwise until you reach your exit.
  • Don't overtake cyclists riding within the Roundabout.

  4. EXIT

  • Use your right turn signal before exiting.
  • Watch for pedestrians and cyclists.

• Cyclists

  Cyclist

  Cyclists have two choices to ride through a Roundabout, based on your level of comfort riding in traffic:

  1. Riding with vehicular traffic: In advance of the Roundabout, merge with traffic when safe, occupy the lane and proceed as a vehicle.
  2. Off-street separated cycling pathway: Prior to the Roundabout, exit the bike lane onto the sidewalk and share the pedestrian pathway with pedestrians.

  • Reduce your speed when entering onto and travelling along the pathway.
  • Be aware of pedestrians you're sharing the pathway with.
  • Dismount and use the marked crosswalks to cross the intersecting streets, as a pedestrian would.
  • Rejoin the bike lane or shoulder of the road.

• Pedestrians

  Pedestrian crosswalks — designated by pavement markings — are located approximately one car length away from the Roundabout. You should cross only at these marked locations. Don't cross to the centre island.

  Although vehicles and cyclists are required to yield to pedestrians, you should not initiate a crossing unless there's an adequate gap in traffic or all approaching vehicles have stopped.

  It is important to note that a dedicated bicycle path may also connect to these crosswalks. In these situations, be aware that you're sharing the crosswalks and pathways with cyclists.