puffin crossing
noun
(In the UK) a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights which go green again only when no more pedestrians are detected on the crossing by infrared detectors and mats.The work to convert the zebra crossing into a puffin crossing is set to start in October and has received funding from Bradford Council's Highways Department....
- Mrs Allen said the school had a puffin crossing and a crossing patrol, but there had been no applicants to man a second patrol post.
- An application has been made to install a puffin crossing outside The Sun pub in Bradford Old Road and a mini roundabout at the road's junction with Cottingley Moor Road to ease heavy traffic.
Origin
1990s: puffin from p(edestrian) u(ser) f(riendly) in(telligent), respelled after the bird's name by analogy with pelican crossing.
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