Re: London: pedestrians walking faster to halve the congestion charge zone ?!?

Hi Massimiliano.
 
Thanks for the link. First the scrapping of tram projects, cutting back cycle budgets, reducing the size of the congestion charging area and now this... Boris Johnson is a disaster for progressive transport policies.
 
I'll write a letter to City Hall and let you know what happens.
 
Simon.

--- On Thu, 12/3/09, Massimiliano Amirfeiz <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Massimiliano Amirfeiz <[email protected]>
Subject: [carfree_network] London: pedestrians walking faster to halve the congestion charge zone ?!?
To: "Carfree Networklist" <carfree_network-/[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, 12 March, 2009, 10:49 PM

London pedestrians will have to walk faster under Boris Johnson plan

from timesonline
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5883358.ece

"Pedestrians will be made to walk faster on crossings under a plan
favouring motorists that Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has
proposed.

Digital signs that count down the seconds until cars get a green light
would be introduced at 6,000 sets of lights. Those on foot will lose
up to six seconds of crossing time during each phase.

The signs are part of the mayor’s plan to give more green time to
traffic at the expense of pedestrians. He hopes that pedestrians will
either speed up as they see the countdown approaching zero or, if they
are slow walkers, wait at the kerb for the next green man phase.

Mr Johnson hopes that the extra green time will smooth the flow of
traffic and help to cope with the increase in cars expected next year
when he halves the size of the congestion charge zone."


      
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