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[email protected] · March 20th 13, 05:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2013\03\20 11:37, d wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:17:13 +0000
Robin9 wrote:
d;136593 Wrote:
So there's already pressure on thames river crossings in the east and
TfL just go and make it even worse. Seriously, there should be a medal
for an organisation this stupid.
It isn't stupidity. It's malice and mischievousness, and it has been
since TfL was first established.

I wouldn't put it beyond the bounds of reason to assume that causing
gridlock is a cynical way of getting people onto public transport. And
hence more money in TfLs coffers.

Some or all of the traffic light system is definitely designed to
prevent traffic flow rather than aid it, even in places where there
are essentially no pedestrians (the slow lights at the junction of
Montague Street and Russell Square can have no other explanation).

Those are a serious pain to me as a cyclist on occasion.

Colin Rosenstiel