Traffic Circles of the Hudson Valley: I Think We Need More I have always been a fan of the traffic circle. I remember when I was little my Grand pa would sometimes go around the circle more than once just so we could enjoy it. I have a feel now a days that wouldn't be a popular thing to do. However some of us have had to go around more than once simply because we missed out exit. When I was little we vacationed a lot in Massachusetts which seems to be the land of the traffic circle or round-a-bout as they refer to them on the Cape. I always knew we were almost there when we would start going around the traffic circles. When I drive to the cape I still get the same giddy feeling as I did as kid when I hit that first traffic circle after the Bourne Bridge.