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@Oliver Schick
It's great that we're seeing this type of pedestrian priority measure in London. Granted, the junction in Acton isn't going to be the busiest, but why not stick it in if we can? It sends out a nice signal that the area is for walking. Ironically, it has taken much longer for this to become implemented in Oxford Circus, where the most dominant mode of transport, by far, especially in the peak hour, are people on foot. That they're treating such a high-pressure location is very welcome news indeed.
We've had two such staggered junction schemes in Hackney for a while now, at the junction of the A10 Kingsland High Street/A10 Stoke Newington Road/Crossway/Shacklewell Lane and at A104 Dalston Lane/A10 Kingsland Road/A10 Kingsland High Street/A104 Ball's Pond Road. As they're staggered junctions, they only cross diagonally in one direction, but they're good measures.