Cycling in Sydney Australia
Clever, but would it work?
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Permalink Reply by Tony Arnold on -
Nice idea. I would be concerned about people with colour-blindness, especially red-green confusion which is very common. I think that these people just rely on the order of the lights rather than the colour.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Martin on -
Yes, that would be the main problem.
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Permalink Reply by Daniel on -
I find that the red and green lights used in traffic lights are easy enough to tell apart. The contrast and brightness of the lights make it pretty easy.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Moore on -
Good in pubs, orange means its your turn to buy the drinks ;)
Saw count down signals in Moscow. 3 minutes was the standard time for pedestrians to wait. Amazingly the drivers all stopped, which was just as well because to cross the 8 lane streets otherwise was impossible.
Could give this a trial at Murray St. Was watching from the pub on corner. Never seen so many glum, bored or annoyed faces waiting for the interminable traffic phases to get round to allowing peds to cross. i think it was only 2 minutes to wait but it seemed much longer. Cyclists got all of 6 seconds, peds slightly longer.
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Permalink Reply by Colin on -
And I bet there's many more pedestrians/cyclists at that intersection than people in cars! Where's the justice?
They have countdown timers in Vietnam too. They definitely make waiting more pleasant, I guess by removing the uncertainty as to when you'll finally get the green.
I imagine the RMS doesn't like them because they worry that pedestrians/cyclists will revolt once they realise just how little time they get.
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Permalink Reply by PeterT on -
Likewise in Bangkok! See this video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZWsZ46XvWM
From 2006 apparently.
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Permalink Reply by PeterT on
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Oh and found one for pedestrians too, which makes for essential viewing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTv86hWeChw
from 2007 apparently.
Don't worry, we are technologically not that far behind, just don't look at their Metropolitan Rapid Transit with RFID contactless ticketing system opened in 2004
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Permalink Reply by Paul Martin on
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I think the point is that it is just a single unit and the array changes pattern & colour. Stacking three of them would defeat the purpose of the neat design.
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Permalink Reply by Martin Geliot on -
needs to be low, as in paris signals
doesn't address the basic issue, that signals are there to favour cars
i'd sooner have a four way stop
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