Pedestrian Progress
November 30, 2009 2:00 PM
In Dave Hill Guardian blog
In Dave Hill Guardian blog
Pedestrian Progress
We hear a lot about encouraging more cycling in London, but rather less about encouraging more walking. You'd probably get more of that if it was easier and felt safer to cross roads.
The Lib Dems' Caroline Pidgeon has unearthed an interesting Transport for London list of "traffic signals not in line with TfL's signal design standards." It's a pretty big list.
The "design standards" are actually set by the the Department for Transport. Mayor Johnson, writing to Pidgeon in July, said that "the number of sites in London that do not comply with the latest DfT guidance has reduced to 439," thanks to a TfL modernisation programme. He added that those left complied with the previous guidance, which was updated in 2005, and that the DfT had been "unequivocal that they are not unsafe."
I hope to have more on this issue soon.
Update, 16:34 The Lib Dems point out that Boris later had to acknowledge a small error in his letter. In a written answer to a Pidgeon question in September he said that the "unequivocal" assertion had been made by TfL, not the DfT. See here.
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