ABSTRACT
Traffic management arose from the need to maximise the capacity of existing highway networks within finite budgets and, therefore. with a minimum of new construction. Methods, which were often seen as a 'quick fix', required innovative solutions and new technical developments. Many of the techniques devised affected traditional highway engineering and launched imaginative and cost-effective junction designs. Introduction of signal-controlled pedestrian crossings not only improved the safety of pedestrians on busy roads but improved the traffic capacity of roads by not allowing pedestrians to dominate the crossing point.
