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Written By Bheema.Upadhyaya - 4 May, 2011
Bangalore Citizen Reports Transportation Infrastructure Pedestrian Infrastructure Traffic Pedestrians
I appriciate this facility by BTP/B-TRAC. This switch enables pedistrians to intervene automatic signal so that a green signal is forced for road crossing. As this seems relatively new, no one seems using it. Probably some volunteering work needed to educate users. We need more such signals at highways. Also I have seen traffic not respecting this new signal which has both visual and audio indications.
I could have suggested better placement of switch and instruction board though.
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R V Raja Rao - 4 May, 2011 - 15:08
Though it is manual operated, the signal lights change only after a while and change over automatically after a fixed time. So pedistrians need to wait for their turn to cross the road. This system is very usful where the No: of pedistrian crossing the roads are less and vehicle movements are more.
R V Raja Rao
R V Raja Rao - 4 May, 2011 - 14:46
This is a very usful system where the No: of pedistrian crossing the roads are less and vehicle movements are more. . Though it is manual operated, the signal lights change only after a while and change over automatically after a fixed time. So pedistrians need to wait for their turn to cross the road. This system may not work in areas like city Market, Majestic circle, etc.
R V Raja Rao
Totally out of order for last 6 months
Bheema.Upadhyaya - 7 May, 2012 - 01:39
Good that Praja has created "My Posts" section right in homepage. This made me to review and folloup few old posts. Then this post caught my eye, as literally nowadays we are struggling to cross the road in same location now. Ped signal is totally out-of-order. Why such investments from BTP, if they cant operate. BTP can sell the material on weight basis and get some ROI at least on that :)
Interestingly, what works best in "manual" way is a yellow barricade !!!
Bheema.Upadhyaya - 8 May, 2012 - 01:58
Yesterday, I had another look at Ped signal to capture status. It seems the switch has been "man-handled". Picture attached. So not to blame BTP at first cut. However they could have replaced. Some weeks back I asked nearby cop. He said that required special(what special) maintenance as its new type of signal.
As some one said "we get what we deserve" as mean citizens. With such type of low morale citizens(inlcudes me too :) ),its hard to expect any good govt, systems.
Image 1 : Damaged switch by people, so it does not work. In other words, red signal remains constant, as its ped crossing signal which turns green only when someone presses switch.
Image 2: Degree of damage is so high, even box got distorted.
Image 3: Most probable root causes
a) Wrongly positioned instruction board as shown in image 3
b) People do not have patience and do not know(not written) that it takes 2-3 mins to turn green even after pressing switch
c) Many people do not know how to read, but by guess work they pressed and thought that not working. As we used to do for old radios, people tried to hit and see if it "works" ;)
d) Vandalism
Bheema.Upadhyaya - 8 May, 2012 - 02:00
Finally what worked is yellow barricade, as I said earlier. People are really comfortable with that.
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