The changes only affect standalone crossings and won’t impact junctions, and will be rolled out to around one hundred crossings by Bristol City Council. The settings, known as “pre-timed max”, will also be installed on new crossings as they are built.
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00:00Around 100 pedestrian crossings in Bristol will see the green man instantly after somebody
00:08pushes to wait for the button. The changes were described by councillors as a cost-effective
00:14way to get traffic calming measures that have already proved popular on some busy roads.
00:22The changes only affect stand-alone crossings and won't impact junctions and will be rolled
00:28out to around 100 crossings by Bristol City Council.
00:33The settings, known as pre-timed max, will also be installed on new crossings as they
00:39are built. If the settings don't work well at any individual crossing, they can be reversed
00:45very quickly to avoid any problems. The plan was approved by councillors on the
00:51Transport Policy Committee on Thursday, March 20th. Pre-timed max has already been rolled
00:58out to a few crossings. The signals team at the council is still
01:03working through the details of which crossings to change as pre-timed max is not possible
01:10on some older crossings. However, it's unclear when the changes will be rolled out as the
01:16same team has been tasked with other demanding projects such as replacing bulbs in traffic
01:23lights with LEDs. After the green manned phase ends, the cars
01:28are allowed to go again. A timer of 30 seconds will start. If somebody pushes the wait button
01:34during these 30 seconds, they will have to wait to avoid congesting traffic and causing
01:41long queues on the roads.