{"id":6505,"date":"2022-03-10T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T09:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/?p=6505"},"modified":"2022-03-10T09:53:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T09:53:28","slug":"cardiff-gets-its-first-pedestrian-countdown-crossing-but-some-people-arent-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/cardiff-gets-its-first-pedestrian-countdown-crossing-but-some-people-arent-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Gets its First Pedestrian Countdown Crossing &#8212; but some people aren&#8217;t happy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some people think that the timer is too short and have asked if the Council could increase it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff has joined the cities in the UK that have been graced with the installation of countdown timers at traffic light crossings. The timer is the first in Cardiff and it&#8217;s installed at the traffic light crossing on Wood Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It shows people how many seconds tthey have to cross the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Council  announced the news to their followers on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cardiff\u2019s first pedestrian countdown crossing in Central Square is now live. <br>The new signal on Wood St provides a visible countdown of the time to complete the crossing, making it easier&amp;safer for pedestrians to cross the road. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoadSafetyCardiff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoadSafetyCardiff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoadSafety?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoadSafety<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PedestrianCrossing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PedestrianCrossing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FtkG4cryEe\">pic.twitter.com\/FtkG4cryEe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Council (@cardiffcouncil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffcouncil\/status\/1499822265856413696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The installation of the countdown timer is part of the council&#8217;s  plans for moving Cardiff forward as a city. 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might be too short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A residents named Kate Pritchard says \u201cI think it&#8217;s a good idea it is safer for the public to be able to cross the road and actually know when it&#8217;s a good time to cross. But I do think it&#8217;s potentially a bit short, the time it takes to cross the road\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff News Plus decided to try out the new timed pedestrian crossing to calculate the total time for pedestrians to cross the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, the time calculated from pressing the button for the green man to appear until the timer eventually started counting was 15 seconds. The timer counts for 7 seconds and then the red man appears.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-293x220.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B-293x220.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/04043720-1E77-4C6E-9882-7B301DC39E8B.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Local people reached out to Cardiff Council to ask if the timer could be increased but the Council hasn&#8217;t made any decision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people think that the timer is too short and have asked if the Council could increase it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":6509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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