GREEN ARROW GIVES GOOD RESULTS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 254, 24 July 1935, Page 10

GREEN ARROW GIVES GOOD RESULTS

Aid For City Traffic I'm- the past two days drivers of vehicles using the Willis Street-Lamb-tmi Quay city route have had opportunity of testing the new automatic signal at the Bank of New Zealand corner. Already the green arrow has proved its usefulness by doing away with unnecessary hold-ups of northbound traffic turning ln‘o the quay. The arrow is placed below the familiar signal lights. When the signal lights show green or orange the arrow is unlighted, but with the change of the main signal to red the arrow shows greet). This means that traffic going northward and bound for Lambton Quay may proceed to make tlie let tband turn without waiting for the main light to'show green. A halt is necessary only when north-bound trams are stopped at the corner. The installation of the green arrow means, therefore, that, only traflic 'bound for Customhouse Quay is slave to the light.

Another innovation of interest to vehicle drivers is the painting of the central pier of the Thorndon railway overbridge. This is the outcome of representations made to tlie Kail way Board by the Automobile Club and the City and Suburban Highways Board requesting tliat the pier be marked by a red "danger'’ lamp, or other arresting means. The pier is being painted while, and on that background is a sharply zigzagging stripe of black, standing out in contrast. With a stifliciently powerful light: thrown upon it litis warning is expected Io be niticli more conspicuous than Hie former white painting, made less effective by lhe grime and smoke of years.