JET gets lift-off

[Martin Cassini]

Not quite ready to go to press on this yet, but Portishead, a council near Bristol, has agreed to a Junction Efficiency Trial starting on 17 August. We'll be monitoring before and after signals switch-off at a busy junction called Cabstand for an initial period of five weeks. They are not commissioning a public awareness campaign or promo, but that might follow later if the results are promising, in which case the lights are likely to remain permanently switched off. Also I'll be pushing for some streetscape re-design to reinforce the idea of equality and a sharing context. Three months ago, Westminster agreed to a similar trial at two junctions, but Transport for London seem to have put a hex on that. Originally we discussed seven junctions. TfL knocked us back to two, and now there is an unexplained delay. Pitching to a council in Devon tomorrow, 27 July. Currently re-editing the film with some new material shot last week.