There's been a power failure at this junction and the 42 sets of lights haven't been working for two days, the traffic is flowing much better without them and the Council have been asked not to turn them back on.
Drove through this morning, applied usual give way rules, no need to stop and everything going smoothly.
I forget where it was, possibly Oxfordshire, but there were major issues with junctions in an urban centre. Pedestrians struggled to cross a six lane carriageway, vehicles struggled to travel along the road, which was a major route across the region. They looked at the behaviour of all concerned, and came up with a radical solution that seems to have significantly eased the problems. They looked at human behaviour, particularly when walking through a crowded area, where there are no signs, and good manners and common sense tend to be the rule. They stripped the highway, so it was no longer split at the kerb and looked the same from side to side, removed lights and other lane markers. The entrance to the whole scheme was marked by a large archway, informing people they were entering the zone. Because they had to make decisions and judgements themselves rather than obeying lights and lines, driving speeds reduced, but flows improved, which meant that vehicles passed through the area smoothly, and in less time, but pedestrians and other road users could now cross much more easily. No idea why such schemes aren't utilised more often.
There's a full ERYCC meeting today, I wonder if the traffic light situation will come up? angus young @angus_young61 Confirmation of contract exchange on land sale for new £7m 80-bed Premier Inn in Bridlington. Final sale subject to planning approval.
Got a mention on 5-live this afternoon, short interview with a local. What with this and Ron Pickering the UK might get to know where east yorkshire is soon.
Newland Ave was refurbed with a similar thing in mind. Hence lots of pedestrian crossings and not much break between them and the road. I think that style is big on the continent (Denmark maybe?...most things like that are) There's also one of the side streets off Spring bank designated a play street (or used to be) where the path and road were blended and the road made wiggly by placing big planters along it May well be safer in the long run?
