TfL lights the way with LED signals

20 August 2009

Transport for London is to install ‘energy-busting’ light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to 3,500 traffic signals at around 300 junctions in the capital.

The new LED-fitted junctions will save 600t of carbon dioxide emissions a year and around £200,000 in energy costs.

The new lights are part of the mayor’s efforts to reduce the capital’s CO₂ emissions by 60% by 2025.

The initiative follows the introduction of LED lighting at all London Buses’ roadside ticket machines, and LED lighting at 3,500 solar powered bus stops and 640 shelters.

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: ‘Installing these eco-bulbs will cut the climate change emissions from London’s galaxy of traffic lights by more than half, as well as save money from energy bills.’

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