Siemens to take part in London Pride parade

Siemens Mobility has installed eight traffic lights showcasing a range of diversity images onto a Transport for London (TfL) parade float for tomorrow’s London Pride parade. Siemens says four special designs have been created to represent different and diverse relationships, using widely recognised gender symbols. As part of the agreement, Siemens is fielding volunteers to accompany the TfL vehicle as it makes its way around London. The two-mile parade will start on Portland Place, moving along Oxford
July 5, 2019 Read time: 1 min

120 Siemens Mobility has installed eight traffic lights showcasing a range of diversity images onto a 1466 Transport for London (TfL) parade float for tomorrow’s London Pride parade.

Siemens says four special designs have been created to represent different and diverse relationships, using widely recognised gender symbols.

As part of the agreement, Siemens is fielding volunteers to accompany the TfL vehicle as it makes its way around London.

The two-mile parade will start on Portland Place, moving along Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus and Lower Regent Street, before heading through Pall Mall and passing Trafalgar Square to Whitehall.

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