TQ2682 : Slow, slow, quick, quick, slower (139)
taken 8 years ago, near to Marylebone, Westminster, England
In which I start out amidst hustle and bustle in the heart of the West End, weave through Bayswater, up to Brownings Pool then through the Fisherton Estate, down into Marylebone past some inebriated Evertonians "oop for the cup" and back to Marble Arch.
In 1934 transport minister Leslie Hore-Belisha introduced the iconic zebra crossing with its eponymous beacons. With the advent of faster and faster roads came the Panda with its triangular black and white pattern. Next came one for cyclists and pedestrians because "two can" cross and then the PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing. Believe it or not there is also one for horses- the pegasus. One for cows hurrying to be milked, the Moove, was abandoned at the prototype stage...