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Assembly wants more crossing time

­WALKING

24 January 2014
 

The London Assembly is calling on Transport for London to increase the amount of time pedestrians have to cross the road.

Transport for London currently uses the DfT guideline of  1.2 metres per second walking speed when setting the blackout period for pedestrian crossings – the time after the Green man is extinguished. 

Recent research by University College London recently found that many older people walk at a much lower speed than this (LTT-29 Nov 13). 

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