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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/number-of-traffic-lights-rises-30.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The number of sets of traffic lights has risen by around 30 per cent in recent years, figures show" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-number-of-traffic-lights-rises-30.jpg" alt="The number of sets of traffic lights has risen by around 30 per cent in recent years, figures show"/></a></p>
<p>Traffic lights are the bane of motorists&#8217; lives &#8211; and now the reason for those red light hold-ups has been revealed.</p>
<p>The number of sets of traffic lights has risen sharply in recent years, according to a report for the RAC Foundation.</p>
<p>Figures jumped by around 30% between 2000 and 2008, with the number of lights in London rising 23% to more than 6,000.</p>
<p>The report, produced by former Whitehall transport and planning chief Irving Yass, also revealed the number of traffic signals equipped to give priority to buses went up from 3,801 at the beginning of 2007 to 8,425 at the end of 2008.</p>
<p>The number of junctions in London with a full pedestrian crossing stage &#8211; when all the lights for vehicles are at red &#8211; increased from 481 in 2000 to 783 in 2010.</p>
<p>The report said that there should be a review of such junctions.</p>
<p>Commenting on the report, RAC director Professor Stephen Glaister said: &#8220;Depending when and where you are, traffic lights can ease your journey or be a source of frustration.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is plain that lights have an important role to play but with ever more-congested streets they need to be very finely tuned to ensure they are not doing more harm than good &#8211; and that means they must react to changing traffic conditions.&#8221;</p>
<p>A spokesman for the RAC Foundation said there were now more than 25,000 sets of traffic lights in the UK.</p>
<p>He said the exact figure was not known because not every council had provided figures for inclusion in the report.</p>
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