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

Hi

An embarrassed Brit here, who was hoping that this would not appear in many
forums.  Thankfully it appears that you did not hear the result of some
research on "traffic pollution".  I'd be even more embarrassed if you knew
about that.
http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/industry-news/article?DD4757DC-B1E0-4674-8553-B96224890893

Living Streets are the people who represent pedestrians in the UK, and they
have asked for help...

http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/news_and_info/news.php?id=935



Best,

Ian


On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Pippa Gallop <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> might this be a mobility justice case? is there a particular group
> working on it that we might lend support to through an e-mail alert or
> something?
>
> Massimiliano Amirfeiz wrote:
> > 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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