Traffic experiment performing 'as expected' outside The Brewery
MOTORISTS have been trying to get used to a temporary traffic experiment along St Margaret's Road in Cheltenham.
The majority of the traffic lights in the street next to The Brewery were switched off on Monday this week.
Gloucestershire Highways has been visiting every day since as part of a bigger evaluation to see if the lights should be turned off on a permanent permanently.
It is hoped the initiative will help ease congestion in the town and improve traffic flow in the area.
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If it doesn't the existing light system is likely to be turned back on.
Chris Riley, local highways manager for Cheltenham said: "The trial was put in place on Monday and so far it appears to be performing as we expected.
"Now that pedestrians and motorists are becoming more settled with these arrangements we will begin monitoring the effectiveness of the trial over the next two weeks."
Comments
by Dave_t10
Friday, November 16 2012, 11:40PM
“Watching the video's on Andrew Lansley blog, it seems to have made a considerable different.
Two questions though, why have they not turned off the rest of the lights on that stretch? i.e. not just the ones at Matalan, but those at the Post Office and those later just after the Brewery?
And why have road obstructions been made just before the brewery? They limit the number of cars which can hold in the middle lane to turn and thus blocking the flow of traffic.”
by Dave_t10
Friday, November 16 2012, 11:28PM
“Chris Riley, local highways manager for Cheltenham said: "The trial was put in place on Monday and so far it appears to be performing as we expected.
But just what does that mean?
Does that mean that traffic congestion has reduced or not?
Hopefully, this will prove that traffic lights are not needed in the vast majority of cases and the switch off will continue across Cheltenham.
At the very least, can we get the lights at roundabouts switched of on Tewkesbury Rd and the A40, even if it was just at off-peak hours, it would make such a difference.”
by Takeaway22
Friday, November 16 2012, 10:34PM
“tishwash - Dead right. Moreover, I think Matalan lights on green is the default setting”
by eyeopener
Friday, November 16 2012, 9:40PM
“I used to avoid driving through those lights like the plague. Journey times since their removal have been much improved.”
by tishwash
Friday, November 16 2012, 6:24PM
“why not remove the set at matalan ? do we need traffic lights to go into or out of matalan?”
by Bonkim2003
Friday, November 16 2012, 3:54PM
“Most people will adapt to whatever is presented to them - that does not mean the traffic experiment will result in identifying the optimum mode of traffic control/regulation.”