"umpston" wrote in message
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I am aware of examples where a diagonal crossing has
been considered but rejected because this additional crossing time
would result in unacceptable traffic queues. Obviously this means the
(orthagonal) pedestrian crossing route is longer - but who cares about
them!

The planners would appear to have cared about pedestrians because the
considered the diagonal option.

There are places where having traffic queuing at one set of lights will back
up to the point where it interferes with other junctions. Which could then
spread and help no-one. All junction timings are a balancing act, sometimes
pedestrians are prioritised, other times road traffic. I'd prefer traffic
and pedestrian flows to be optimised rather than dogmatically choosing one
over the other.

Dave.