Less is More When it Comes to Road Networks & Traffic Control?

Thanks to Tom Vanderbilt who did some follow-up on an interesting project in Montgomery, AL.  Check out his post for the full story.  Montgomery removed all of their traffic control devices in the city's plaza as part of a downtown, urban renewal project.  So far, so good.  No crash problems, just a drunk Hummer driver who drove into a fountain in the middle of the night.  My favorite piece in the article - "As Monderman once told me, similarly about a drunken driver, “there’s not a street that can cope with that problem.”

Here is a picture from Tom's blog of the town square with an "under-designed" roundabout (or is that a traffic circle?).