Oxford Circus re-design

The problem is that the culture in other countries where they use this system (certainly in Japan, Germany etc) respects the red & green pedestrian lights.
In the UK, hardly any pedestrians stop as soon as the green light goes out. Most will continue to cross for 20 seconds after the red light comes on as long as none of the traffic has started moving.

I really don't think it's going to work here.

After they get run over a few times they'll learn their lesson :)

it will work. (he says when in six months they close it and everyone sends me messages for the next 2 years saying muppet etc.....)

what could be more simple eh?
o.k heres the psychology- peds see they are all waiting, they await the green.
traffic sees they are are waiting from all sides they wait, simple.
everyone get used to it.

we will see.

Ha! Looks like it's going to be quite an expensive crossing to run. I counted over 20 hi-viz jackets and that's just the top two diagonal pedestrian crossing bits.

Lol@the girl in the blue jacket towards the bottom (42secs in). Doesn't know where the hell to look!

....we will see.

I don't think we will have to wait that long. People are so desperate to get to work / shop / home 20 secs quicker that they will risk life and limb.

It's the same with drivers & cyclists. Shame really; it was lovely pootling into work in the sunshine this morning!

it is, er, the first major day though..............
youre right though ^^ if this country was a person it would be sectioned,

I know, I know. Twas just an observation. :)

remedial councils

I like that expression!

Just show them this *m.f.:

love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kitsch *and *hip, nice work!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8337000/8337673.stm

I like how in the first picture (bottom right) there is a man with a red cap pressing the button, it looks like something from a different era where the public weren't trusted to use technology and had to have a technician. They should have them at all four corners of the crossing it would give it some class.

I might pop down there and have a gander too, in a bit... Kind of like jaywalking as a spectator sport.

bottom of a hill at George Street Sydney, the main road if you havent been there-
been going years. (they got trams ready to mash you up there too)

Lol@the girl in the blue jacket towards the bottom (42secs in). Doesn't know where the hell to look!

Some people are mental.. I can't understand that kind of extreme impatience some people have. If I was in charge I would shoot on sight anyone who: ran a crossing on a red man; repeatedly bashes the door open button on the tube (it doesn't do anything you tw*ts!); tuts when the lift at work stops on any other floor but their own.

I saw a couple of girly girls earlier sprinting across oxford street and nearly getting squished, their reaction... to laugh "haha, like oh my god did you see how close that bus was hahaha!".

Someone taking advantage.

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just watched the videon on the beeb website! Looks soooooo caotic!

the video is lol

I think it's awesome. I also think people will figure it out and once the "regulars" start navigating it safely the tourists will fall in line. Now just think about how much nicer it is going to make the junction this Christmas, and how we'll all avoid the area anyway.

RLJ will become hazardous down at that junction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8337341.stm

CAOS, no looking forward to it.

^3rd repost ;)

rode thru there today, didn't seem too bad.

Saw some old geezer saying "This isnt worth 5MILLION" i think he's right.. did that really cost £5MILLION????

no it actually cost £3.68 and there is £4,999996.32 buried under the X

I'm hoping for a critical mass of constant jay-walkers making Oxford (and I guess that part of Regent) a ped-only street.

I give it less than a month until a ped gets taken out by a bus/taxi/etc

TRANSLATION (for our English readers): I'm hoping for a critical mass of constant jay-walkers making Oxford Street (and I guess that part of Regent Street) a ped-only street.

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