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A simple and less costly solution for people to cross the road
DEAR EDITOR,
I read in the daily papers about the overpass and the elevators.
The purpose for the overpass and the elevators is for people to cross the road. I see that there will be 5 persons to man the elevators and that will be for 2 shifts, which will be 10 people per day for each elevators.
A more simple and less costly solution for people to cross the road is to install a light pole on each side of the road, each light pole must have a green button, each pole is to have a sign showing the countdown time, the countdown time must be 120 seconds, there must be a traffic light at each crossing point, when a person want to cross the road, they simply press the green button, then the traffic light must change from green to yellow then to red, when it change to red, the counting time start and a signal must let the people know it is safe to cross, when the countdown time move from 120 to 0, the traffic light must wait a further 30 seconds to change to green. That is to make sure the people reach the other side of the road.
That is how it is done in NEW YORK.
And because it will be much cheaper to install and operate, it can be installed at many other places such as near schools, churches, markets and busy intersections. It may use solar power or electricity.
Mohamed Azad
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