Opinion
John Siraut's Blog
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Keith Firth on BBC Radio 4
Keith Firth recently appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show Material World to discuss traffic management.
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Westminster traffic signal trial
Westminster’s traffic signal trial is long overdue. Current DfT advice from Manual for Streets and LTN 1/08 Traffic Management and Streetscape reminds designers that there is no statutory requirement for formal controls at junctions, and yet no evidence, advice or design tools to determine where and when this might be appropriate are available.
Research into ‘green man’ times in London: are we missing the point?
Transport for London recently published The effect of re-timed invitation to cross periods on road user behaviour at signalised junctions in London, which is now being used to advocate countdown signals for pedestrians in London.
Mayor's Transport Strategy
Our response to the Mayor's Transport Strategy
Crossrail to Benefit All of London
Crossrail is sometimes perceived as just benefiting the corridor it directly serves.
PRAM
Colin Buchanan presented a paper at the European Transport Conference describing a model developed in-house called PRAM