Agenda item

Motion by Councillor Dijkstra-Downie - Trial of Speed-Responsive Traffic Lights

“Committee:

1.         Notes previous trials in London and Swindon of speed-sensitive traffic signals that turn red when a speeding car approaches, or alternatively are red by default and only change to green when approaching drivers adhere to the speed limit. Drivers learn that speeding on streets with such signals will require them to stop at the light and be delayed as a result.

2.         Understands that this technology is already in use in other European countries including Spain and the Netherlands, in the US including in Boulder, CO and Washington D.C., and has recently been trialled in Montreal, Canada.

3.         Asks for a report to the Transport and Environment Committee in February 2024 on feasibility and costs to trial this technology in Edinburgh as a potential speed-reduction measure.”