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When a Toucan is a GNAT in disguise.
This 'far-side' Toucan road crossing has a serious problem.
That is when it is activated by pedestrians who wish to cross the road it takes a seeming eternity to change back to allow road traffic...
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What took me aback is that there was someone else there commenting on these lights at the same time that I was about to comment on them
No-one is suggesting that these lights should go - only that they should be made to work properly!
Simon
ps, I did not see them taking any notes - I hope that their listening to local people was more than just cosmetic.
At the end of the day you have to remember the traffic is only being held up for seconds, not hours. If traffic flow was a real problem the local council would have considered a bridge imo.
Thanks for your suggestions, but no.
These crossings already have a 'variable delay feature' which detects pedestrians who walk slowly and gives them extra time.
So its not this.
(see next message)
This road is controlled by TfL, who (under mayor Livingstone) were in favour of delaying traffic and even admitted to using traffic signals to do this. In Hendon they tried to remove an existing bridge over the North Circular Road so that people could cross the road 'at street level' but the local people successfully fought against this proposal.
Therefore the chances of them installing a bridge here are best regarded as 'zero'.
Simon
Sounds like a review on the traffic flow is needed (perhaps one is already on the cards - these things take a while as theres never the staff to do it)
If TfL cant help you and other drivers need to contact the council directly - they'll probably just ignore one or two letters/emails though tbh. Good luck!
It seems that at this crossing the lights only change quickly when there is slow moving traffic and if 'called' by a pedestrian towards the end of a previous cycle.
(see next message - too long to add here)
Puffins are just for pedestrains. There used to be a puffin crossing near the junction with The Drive and it always changed back within 3 seconds of the pedestrians having crossed the road. But these have been replaced with 'proper' road junction signals, which control traffic entering / leaving The Drive.
For the second time this year I've registered a fault with TfL (on their website).
Simon