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Post by ronnie on May 27, 2021 14:02:23 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 27, 2021 14:12:12 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life This concept confuses me a bit, I'm assuming it's a role reversal but in most cases now the green man allows people to walk soon after pressing the button. If cars continuously keep coming, surely it'll default back to cars having most of the time if they continuously seem to approach?
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Post by redexpress on May 27, 2021 14:28:29 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life Diamond Geezer had a write-up of this a few days ago - see here. Doesn't sound like it is quite working in practice but I suppose the system will be tweaked.
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Post by vjaska on May 27, 2021 14:31:38 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life This concept confuses me a bit, I'm assuming it's a role reversal but in most cases now the green man allows people to walk soon after pressing the button. If cars continuously keep coming, surely it'll default back to cars having most of the time if they continuously seem to approach? You can tell how TfL have lost the plot, walking won't bring in revenue yet they're happy to trot out schemes for walking over something like keeping lights green for buses instead.
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Post by dashing0ne on May 27, 2021 17:24:40 GMT
So is today, the 27th May, the last day of school extras?
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 27, 2021 17:32:13 GMT
So is today, the 27th May, the last day of school extras? It's a Thursday, so would be a very random day to end them. Would imagine tomorrow would be the day if there's no reason to run them next half term.
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Post by greenboy on May 27, 2021 17:42:21 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life It certainly seems worth a trial, in the past pedestrians have been treated very much like second class citizens and it's nice to see the balance being redressed a little. I think Central London is going to be a lot more leisure orientated in the future and it's good to see that walking is being actively encouraged. I walked from Waterloo Station to Kensington and back today mostly through the parks and it was very pleasant on a nice day.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 27, 2021 17:57:10 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life It certainly seems worth a trial, in the past pedestrians have been treated very much like second class citizens and it's nice to see the balance being redressed a little. I think Central London is going to be a lot more leisure orientated in the future and it's good to see that walking is being actively encouraged. I walked from Waterloo Station to Kensington and back today mostly through the parks and it was very pleasant on a nice day. However the question is how many days in the UK are nice enough to walk such a distance. It seems a bit silly bottlenecking the road network all year around just for the 20 days of sun we tend to get. Buses already get caught in traffic all over the place making them unattractive to use.
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Post by vjaska on May 27, 2021 18:25:23 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life It certainly seems worth a trial, in the past pedestrians have been treated very much like second class citizens and it's nice to see the balance being redressed a little. I think Central London is going to be a lot more leisure orientated in the future and it's good to see that walking is being actively encouraged. I walked from Waterloo Station to Kensington and back today mostly through the parks and it was very pleasant on a nice day. Could you explain how pedestrians were treated like second class citizens?
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Post by LondonNorthern on May 27, 2021 19:01:30 GMT
I saw an article saying that some crossings would be changed to default green for pedestrians unless there is approaching traffic apple.news/A_ZOij4sXRgKNAB1UjDRyrgWhat do you think? On paper I am not too averse but wonder how this will work in real life It certainly seems worth a trial, in the past pedestrians have been treated very much like second class citizens and it's nice to see the balance being redressed a little. I think Central London is going to be a lot more leisure orientated in the future and it's good to see that walking is being actively encouraged. I walked from Waterloo Station to Kensington and back today mostly through the parks and it was very pleasant on a nice day. I may be alone in my response here but a certain number of pedestrians do it to themselves, even when I'm toddling along in my car you see people walking out into the road without looking or some (and I emphasise some) idiots on bikes messing around in the road and you think oh for goodness sake get a grip and don't mess around. Central London is also horrendous at points where even when walking you see random people walking out into the road, and don't even get me started on those who sometimes take a leisurely walk in the middle of the road whilst crossing (like going parallel to where the pavement would be) and even those at road junctions who try and sell you sh*t or clean your car. To me a certain minority of pedestrians are absolute p*ssheads but this scheme would not work in Central London but more in suburban parts of London like has already been introduced - so maybe it could be worked on in quiet neighborhoods but not busy bustling residential areas like Tottenham for example
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Post by WH241 on May 27, 2021 19:05:14 GMT
So is today, the 27th May, the last day of school extras? It's a Thursday, so would be a very random day to end them. Would imagine tomorrow would be the day if there's no reason to run them next half term. Will be interesting to see if they return after half term. Sixth form colleges are finishing earlier this year, some second years leave tomorrow and most secondary leavers will be leaving before July so if the services do return I don't think they will be needed for the whole of the final half of the term.
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Post by towertransit70 on May 27, 2021 21:08:25 GMT
Evening all. I am curious at to why the 148 has the onboard announcement of 148 to White City, but terminates at Shepherds Bush. Wouldn't it be easier to just put the shepherds bush on IBUS instead of confusing passengers?
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Post by richard on May 27, 2021 21:11:24 GMT
Evening all. I am curious at to why the 148 has the onboard announcement of 148 to White City, but terminates at Shepherds Bush. Wouldn't it be easier to just put the shepherds bush on IBUS instead of confusing passengers? It recently got re-extended to White City that's probably why you notice the ibus saying "148 to White City"
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Post by WH241 on May 27, 2021 21:31:50 GMT
Evening all. I am curious at to why the 148 has the onboard announcement of 148 to White City, but terminates at Shepherds Bush. Wouldn't it be easier to just put the shepherds bush on IBUS instead of confusing passengers? It recently got re-extended to White City that's probably why you notice the ibus saying "148 to White City" I thought the extension back to White City was put back?
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Post by vjaska on May 27, 2021 23:19:22 GMT
It recently got re-extended to White City that's probably why you notice the ibus saying "148 to White City" I thought the extension back to White City was put back? It went ahead on the 15th May
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