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Tuesday 9th February 2010  

Re-phasing lights to improve traffic flow

Traffic lights across London are to be re-phased as part of a wider programme aimed at reducing road congestion, announced Transport for London (TfL) this week. The changes will involve the installation of technology to monitor traffic levels and adjust the lights accordingly.Some of the major intersections to have their signal timings reviewed are Trafalgar Square, Marble Arch and Hyde Park Corner.

TfL’s director of traffic operations Alan Bristow, said: “Our timing review programme is aimed at making life a little bit easier for everyone who uses a particular junction, be they pedestrians, cyclists or motorists.”

TfL said that lights at 1,000 intersections will be re-phased this year (up from 600 last year). This follows on from the pledge made by Mayor Boris Johnson in his election manifesto to prioritize the improvement of signal timings in the capital, one of the measures designed to improve the flow of traffic on London’s streets.

Following the completion of the traffic lights’ re-phasing programme, TfL plans to introduce a digital countdown for pedestrians at some crossings, which, it is hoped, will also improve traffic flow. TfL hopes to reduce by a few seconds the time people are given to cross roads.

Another measure that has been introduced by TfL to keep traffic moving, and one to which utility companies (such as Thames Water) have pledged their support, is the placing of steel plates over trenches dug in roads when work is not being done, to allow vehicles to continue using the streets without interruption.

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