Editing Toucan crossing

{{Short description|Combined pedestrian and bicycle crossing}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}

[[File:TUCANCrossing.jpg|thumb|Older-style toucan crossing (seen in [[Vauxhall]], London, in 2004) with signal lights on the opposite side, like those of a pelican crossing.]]
[[File:Colliers Wood London 2011 15.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Control panel, London (2011). The signal lights in this example are on the near side, similar to the newer-style puffin crossings.]]
A '''toucan crossing''' is the British term for a type of [[pedestrian crossing]] that also allows [[bicycle]]s to be ridden across.<ref>''The Highway Code, 2015'', Rule 80</ref> Since ''"two can"'' cross together (both pedestrians and cyclists) the name “[[toucan]]” was chosen.<ref>{{cite book|title=Traffic Engineering & Control|date=2000|publisher=Printerhall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXRUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22two%20can%22|language=en}}</ref> In the United Kingdom toucan crossings are normally four metres (13&nbsp;feet) wide, instead of the 2.8 metre (9&nbsp;feet) width of any [[pelican crossing]] or [[puffin crossing]].

There are two types of toucan crossing: on more recently installed ones, a "green bicycle" is displayed next to the "green man" when cyclists and pedestrians are permitted to cross. A red bicycle and red man are shown at other times; older crossings do not have a red bicycle – bicycles are permitted to cross at any time (if it is safe to do so).<ref>{{cite book|title=Cyclecraft|date=2011|publisher=Allen & Unwin|url=http://www.cyclecraft.co.uk/|language=en}}</ref>

Unlike the pelican crossing, before the lights for vehicles go back to green, a steady red and amber are displayed instead of the flashing amber. The pedestrian/cyclist signal lights may be on the near side of the crossing (like a puffin crossing), or on the opposite side of the road (like a pelican crossing). A related crossing type is the [[pegasus crossing]] for horse riders.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=direct.gov.uk|title=The Highway Code: Rules For Cyclists (59–82)|url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069837|date=10 July 2012|accessdate=22 December 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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* ''The History of British Roadsigns'', [[Department for Transport]], Second Edition, 1999

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