Walking & Cycling

As a pedestrian and runner I often encounter zebra & pedestrian crossings that aren't easily visible to motorists (i.e. they could do with re-painting, the signage approaching them is insufficient, they are badly placed) and motorists often just zoom over them completely ignoring people who are waiting to cross.  I suggest that crossings be re-painted on a regular basis, that warnings of such upcoming crossings are painted on the roads (a yield sign on a pole with a tiny pedestrian sign underneath it is not sufficient), that more crossings are raised and that more crossings are fitted with a traffic light - the crossing on Main Road, Kirstenhof outside Melomed hospital is the first one that needs to be raised and fitted with a traffic light.

Also, at zebra and intersection crossings where there are traffic lights fitted with a button for pedestrians to press I find that often its takes so long for the traffic light to react that the pedestrian things it isn't working and crosses against the light, that the 'green man' isn't on for long enough for older/slower people to cross, and that there is no beeping sound to warn pedestrians that it is now safe to cross.  At some intersections the pedestrian needs to cross two/three lanes of traffic, an island and then another two/three lanes of traffic to get to the the other side of the road.  Often a pedestrian will get to the island and then be stuck there as the light for pedestrians has turned red - and there is no pole in the island to press to get the traffic to stop again, e.g. at the intersection of M42 & Westlake Drive in Westlake.