Copenhagen has, on certain stretches of bike lanes featuring heavy traffic (15,000 + bikes per day), started coordinating the traffic lights to give cyclists a ‘green wave’ all the way along the route.
This means that if you ride 20 km per hour you’ll hit green lights the whole way.
– cycleliciousness: Green Wave
How long until we have this in the UK?
Compare and contrast with our “smart” (ahem) toucan crossing technology, so prevalent on recently developed cycle routes.