Roadtaking Scenarios
Banners
We have different size banners for different roads (5m, 8m typical)
Place banners where traffic naturally stops (Stop signs, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings)
Always have banner message facing out to the traffic that is being blocked.
Crossroads - Marching left
Turning Left, simplest scenario
One banner to protect march as it turns
Banner out as march arrives
Blocks traffic from the right
And traffic from the top trying to turn (their right)
All other traffic keeps moving
Once march has passed, then banner leapfrogs on to next junction
Crossroads - Marching straight across
Three banners (or one 5m, one 8m)
Banner out as march arrives
Blocks traffic from the right
And traffic from the top trying to turn (their right)
Second banner
Once march has passed, then banner leapfrogs on to
Crossroads - Marching left
Crossroads - Marching right
Turning Right, complex scenario
Three banners to protect march as it turns
Banner out as march arrives
Blocks traffic from the right
Second banner blocks traffic from top
Third banner blocks traffic from the left
Only limited traffic keeps moving
Once march has passed, then banner leapfrogs on to next junction
Minor road - Marching left at major road junction
Turning Left, simplest scenario
One banner to protect march as it turns
Banner out as march arrives
Blocks traffic from the right
All other traffic keeps moving
Once march has passed, then banner leapfrogs on to next junction
Minor road - Marching right at major road junction
Turning right, more complex scenario
Two banners to protect march as it turns
Banner out as march arrives
Block traffic from the right
Block traffic from left
No traffic keeps moving
Once march has passed, then banner leapfrogs on to next junction
Side roads - Marching past junctions on left and right
Passing side roads
Basically, block roads just before march arrives
Banners out as march arrives
Note how we only protect the side of road that march is on
All other traffic keeps moving
Once march has passed, then banner leapfrogs on to next junction
Narrow (one-way) streets
Most complex scenario – we try and avoid routes like this
Needs signalling to traffic that is held up that march is approaching as drivers (and march coordinators and roadtake crews) cannot see round corners
Roads blocked for a long time as we don’t want traffic to meet march head on down a side street, so these routes often need more deescalation
Once march has passed, then open up the side roads if possible
Junction with main road is as we have seen in examples above
Roundabout - Marching right
Roundabout, turning right for clarity
Banners to block each entrance so that roundabout doesn’t become clogged and block march
Banner out as march arrives
Blocks traffic from the right
Then other junctions
As march arrives shift right banner
Release banners as march passes each road