Author: Lucy Purdy / Source: Positive News
Pedestrian crossings in key locations in London will be re-programmed so the green man shows most of the time. Could it encourage Londoners to walk more?
Walkers in busy parts of London will get right of way over traffic in an attempt to encourage people to make more journeys on foot.
Pedestrian crossings in 10 key locations will be re-programmed so that the green man shows for the majority of the time as part of a bid to make London “the world’s most walkable city”.The measure is mentioned in London’s first Walking Action Plan, which targets an extra million walking trips each day by 2024. It was released this week by Mayor Sadiq Khan and London’s first ever walking and cycling commissioner, Will Norman.
Under an approach called ‘green man authority’, traffic lights in 10 new areas of the city will show a green signal for pedestrians continuously, until vehicles are detected. The technique has preciously only been used at two locations in the city, on bus-only streets in the boroughs of Hounslow and Morden.
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Transport for London (TfL) – which has responsibility for all traffic signals in the capital – say the new hotspots have been selected as they offer a chance to “significantly benefit pedestrians”. The first swathe, which could see the measures…
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