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A signalled crossing with the pedestrian signal on the near side.
Also known as: Pedestrian user-friendly intelligent crossing, Near-side signal crossing, Puffin, Crossing with the light on your side
A puffin crossing puts the pedestrian signal on the near side of the road rather than opposite, so a person must look towards the traffic to read it. It also detects whether anyone is still crossing and holds the traffic — the timing adapts rather than being fixed.
Denotes a signal-controlled pedestrian crossing with the pedestrian signal mounted on the near-side pole rather than across the road.
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Uses detectors to extend the crossing phase while pedestrians are still on the carriageway and to cancel it if the waiting person leaves.
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Places the signal near-side deliberately so that reading it puts approaching traffic in the pedestrian's field of view.
Contexts: Public information
A push-button unit on the near-side pole carrying a small red and green figure display at eye level, facing the waiting pedestrian.