What's with the lights?

[jonny jeez]

Its a lot busier now that the schools are all back and the Olympics has left town...but it seems that the traffic lights are even busier than normal. I must have had a red at every single light from Lewisham to the top of the elephant yesterday...it added a good 15 mins to the journey.

I appreciate that crossings are busier with volumes of peds etc.. but I cant help but wonder if the lights are re-phased in rush hours to accommodate longer changes or more frequent reds.

was the same story today (if a little less congested at ped crossings) but all the "traffic" lights seems to be red almost constantly

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Yes,noticed that from East Lunnon,the lights seem to stay at red longer...Also this morning saw three cyclists within a short period of time with white lights on the back.

Wtf is that all about?

Trying to be clever,because it seems to be pretty thick to me.

 

[Beebo]

The lights on the north side of Tower Bridge and the ones heading into Greenwich from Rotherhithe are still on Olympic phasing, which is holding traffic much longer.

 

[Flyingfox]

After 6 weeks of lovely cycling in very little traffic and getting new PB's for my journey from Lewisham to St James's, I've come down to earth with a bump this week. Road works appeared in front of my eyes, traffic jams down Embankment - it's been an absolute nightmare!