| Comment | Interestingly in Krakow a good few years ago they turned the traffic lights off at 3 major junctions (assuming it was publicised somewhere but I didn't drive so probably missed it). Essentially priority seems to go Trams>Pedestrians>Cars and it makes such a good experience for a pedestrian/public transport user (and, I'd imagine, an absolute nightmare for cars, probably encouraging people that need to go into the city to take the excellent public transport).
Now, this isn't a public transport post, but a driving one. So it's also worth pointing out that Polish police are perfectly happy to dole out heavy fines to motorists (and pedestrians who are not using crossings) so drivers are more likely to heed the crossings since they will expect there to be pedestrians there (unlike here where people can cross wherever) so approach a little slower and allow people to cross. To have something like that here would require an entire overhaul not just in public transport, but in the entire culture of drivers and pedestrians which will need a lot of manpower to police initially. |
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