Oxford Circus gets X-shaped crossings
Diagonal pedestrian crossings opened this week at Oxford Circus in London’s West End, after six months of work. The £5M project to increase capacity at the intersection of two of London’s main shopping streets was designed by Atkins.
The project removes barriers and other street furniture to increase the capacity of the crossing by 69%. The design is based on the famous crossings outside Tokyo’s Shibuya metro station. “This project is a triumph for British engineering, Japanese innovation and good old fashioned common sense,” said London mayor Boris Johnson. “We’ve brought one of the world’s greatest crossroads into the 21st century.
Being able to cross in an oblique rather than a perpendicular fashion will make Oxford Circus incredibly more efficient,” he said.
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Anonymous | 5-Nov-2009 3:14 pm
£5,000,000.00 for one pedestrian crossing?
The crossing without the central circle would be a good replica of the "SALTIRE".
How about some input of cash into Scotland, £5 M would go a long way into improving some of the roads in Scotland.
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