LONDON TRAFFIC
AUTOMATIC CONTROL IMPROVED SYSTEM ADOPTED GREATER ELASTICITY (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, August 12. Experience with various systems of automatic traffic control lights has led to the development of a new interlinked system providing an improved progressive working during rush hours and greater elasticity and less delay at other times. The manufacturers recently approached the Westminster City Council with an offer to modify without further charge the system previously installed for the length of Regent Street so as to secure the advantages of the “repeat pulsing system.” When the alterations have been made it will be possible to pass a much greater volume of' traffic through the area at a considerably increased speed. The Ministry of Transport has approved of the proposals, and work is proceeding with a minimum of interference with the working of the existing system. Should it be decided later to install automatic control signals at Piccadilly Circus, the apparatus now to be supplied would make the scheme there much simpler to design and set up, and would greatly facilitate a wider scheme of co-ordinated automatic control covering Piccadilly and other streets in the surrounding area.
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Southland Times, Issue 25362, 14 August 1935, Page 7
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193LONDON TRAFFIC Southland Times, Issue 25362, 14 August 1935, Page 7
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