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Unique pedestrian crossing in Burnt Oak
"Paul Oter" wrote in message The big mystery is why so few crossings in London are marked like that. Space is such a constraint that most of London's signalled crossings use the Barnes Dance sequence UIVMM. I suspect the main constraint is that a diagonal crossing, being a greater distance, requires vehicle traffic to be stopped for longer than with an ordinary orthogonal crossing. So it's pedestrian convenience vs motorist convenience. More likely it costs a fiver more in paint -- r |
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