Croydon tram overturned
On 15.11.16 13:23, Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-11-15 11:30:36 +0000, Clive D.W. Feather said: In UK law the white light signals are traffic lights that apply only to trams, as opposed to the red/amber/green ones which apply to road traffic other than trams. Yes, I think that law needs to be changed, as it would allow bus-lane overtakes without the need for a separating traffic island. Bus-lane overtakes at junctions are about the most effective form of bus infrastructure, and there are hardly any of them in the UK (though more than there used to be) largely because they require about a lane and a half's width to implement (due to the need for a traffic island to separate the sets of conventional traffic lights) rather than just a lane (where the public transport white signal can share the pole). Neil Are there any places in either London or further afield in the UK where there are signals that differ from the regular road signals? |
Croydon tram overturned
In message , at 17:10:13 on Tue, 15 Nov
2016, " remarked: In UK law the white light signals are traffic lights that apply only to trams, as opposed to the red/amber/green ones which apply to road traffic other than trams. Yes, I think that law needs to be changed, as it would allow bus-lane overtakes without the need for a separating traffic island. Bus-lane overtakes at junctions are about the most effective form of bus infrastructure, and there are hardly any of them in the UK (though more than there used to be) largely because they require about a lane and a half's width to implement (due to the need for a traffic island to separate the sets of conventional traffic lights) rather than just a lane (where the public transport white signal can share the pole). Are there any places in either London or further afield in the UK where there are signals that differ from the regular road signals? For buses or trams? I'd expect any tram network to have them. For two examples of "escape lanes" (with slightly different signage): https://goo.gl/maps/YJ9KEq7K92S2 https://goo.gl/maps/RF54zQUDUBP2 -- Roland Perry |
Croydon tram overturned
On 15.11.16 17:40, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:10:13 on Tue, 15 Nov 2016, " remarked: In UK law the white light signals are traffic lights that apply only to trams, as opposed to the red/amber/green ones which apply to road traffic other than trams. Yes, I think that law needs to be changed, as it would allow bus-lane overtakes without the need for a separating traffic island. Bus-lane overtakes at junctions are about the most effective form of bus infrastructure, and there are hardly any of them in the UK (though more than there used to be) largely because they require about a lane and a half's width to implement (due to the need for a traffic island to separate the sets of conventional traffic lights) rather than just a lane (where the public transport white signal can share the pole). Are there any places in either London or further afield in the UK where there are signals that differ from the regular road signals? For buses or trams? I'd expect any tram network to have them. For two examples of "escape lanes" (with slightly different signage): https://goo.gl/maps/YJ9KEq7K92S2 https://goo.gl/maps/RF54zQUDUBP2 Sorry, I was referring to busses. I know that all trams have a separate signalling system. |
Croydon tram overturned
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