TD made its first diagonal trial in Sha Tin. It said the new diagonal crossing would take most people about 20 seconds to cross the intersection. Photo: TD website.
The Transport Department (TD), Hong Kong announced on its website on Wednesday that the works for diagonal crossings at the junction of Sha Kok Street and Yat Tai Street in Sha Tin have been completed and that the crossings are open for use on Wednesday 31st of January, 2024.
TD launches trial of diagonal crossings at the junction of Sha Kok Street and Yat Tai Street in Sha Tin.
Transport department said diagonal crossings are marked with diagonal yellow stripes at signalised junctions and retrofitted with traffic signals so that pedestrians can walk directly to a diagonal corner via the centre of the junction, thus reducing the walking distance and saving time.
TD explained that diagonal crossings require longer pedestrian green signals than traditional crossings to allow pedestrians to cross the junction safely because the walking distances are longer and pedestrian central refuge areas cannot be provided.
As the traffic flow at junctions in Hong Kong is relatively heavy, the characteristics of individual junctions, including factors such as traffic and pedestrian flows, the crossing distance and time required, need to be carefully examined to ensure that adequate vehicular capacity can still be maintained at signalised junctions after the provision of diagonal crossings to avoid causing serious impact on the overall traffic, it was further explained.
Earlier, TD reviewed the need of pedestrians to cross the road diagonally at the junctions of Sha Kok Street and Yat Tai Street in Sha Tin, and at Carnarvon Road and Granville Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, as well as considering the traffic and pedestrian flows, and the necessary signal equipment required for setting up diagonal crossings at these two junctions.
After the assessment, LD considered that these two junctions are suitable for trials of diagonal crossings. The associated works for diagonal crossings at the junction of Carnarvon Road and Granville Road in Tsim Sha Tsui will be completed in mid-2024.
It was finally said that the department will closely monitor and assess the usage of these two junctions by pedestrians and motorists to review the performance of the diagonal crossings and then consider the future direction.
香港運輸署在沙田展開斜線過路試驗
香港運輸署週三在其網站公佈，沙田沙角街與逸泰街交界的斜交道口工程已完成，並於週三開放使用。2024 年 1 月。
運輸署在沙田沙角街與逸泰街交界試行斜交道
對角線交叉口在號誌路口設置黃色對角線條紋，並加裝交通號誌，以便行人可以透過路口中心直接步行至對角線轉角處，從而減少步行距離並節省時間。
運輸署解釋，由於步行距離較長且無法提供行人中央避難區，斜交道需要比傳統十字路口更長的行人綠燈，以讓行人安全穿過路口。
由於香港路口的交通流量較為繁忙，因此需要仔細研究個別路口的特點，包括交通及行人流量、過馬路距離及所需時間等因素，以確保仍能維持足夠的車輛通行能力為避免對整體交通造成嚴重影響，在設有信號燈的路口設置對角線交叉口後，進行了進一步解釋。
運輸署早期檢視沙田沙角街與逸泰街交界、尖沙咀加拿分道與加連威老道的行人斜過馬路的需要，並考慮到交通及人流情況，以及在這兩個路口設置對角線線交叉口所需的必要號誌設備。
勞工處經評估後認為這兩個路口適合進行斜交試驗。 尖沙咀加拿分道與加連威老道交界的斜交道相關工程將於2024年中完成。
最後表示，署方會密切監察評估行人及駕駛人對這兩個路口的使用情況，並檢視斜交道的表現，然後考慮未來的發展方向。
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