[OTD] 2nd April 1962 - First Panda Crossing

[whole diary]

[grahame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_crossing

The panda crossing was introduced in 1962 as an attempt to combine the best features of available and experimental crossing systems. The first public example was opened on 2 April of that year outside London Waterloo railway station. The majority of the initial sites used for this experiment were in Guildford where all thirteen existing crossings were converted, and in Lincoln where ten crossings were converted. Further sites across England and Wales increased the size of the experiment to more than forty sites in all.

Would any member please care to differentiate between / give us a history line on Zebra, Pelican, Puffin, Pegasus and Panda - and any I have overlooked?

[froome]

You have overlooked Toucans, where two can cross at the same time - pedestrians and cyclists (unless they have been renamed in the years since I was involved in installing them).

[grahame]

You have overlooked Toucans, where two can cross at the same time - pedestrians and cyclists (unless they have been renamed in the years since I was involved in installing them).

As someone far more professionally involved than me ... are you able to help with a timeline for each?   

P.S. I also overlooked the Beatle Crossing