Traffic Lights – Sequence Timing

Very observing BMMF. I spoke to a GLA consultant about a year ago and he mentioned that this is one of BJ his plans to reduce congestion. During the Livingston years pedestrians got more time to cross and lights stayed longer red in order to make it less appealing to drive into town and encourage people to use public transport etc.
Boris Johnson & Co realised this and saw an excellent opportunity to ease congestion without excessive costs.
Boris calls this 'smoothing the flow' we don't know how many lights have been changed or by how much. Their computer models are unable to deal with cyclists or motorcyclists so our needs are ignored. The basic concept is bollocks, increasing the green time for motor traffic will only increase the number of cars on the road making congestion worse. 'Smoothing the Flow' aka 'Swelling the Flood'.