Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

theguardian.com

Living in Stockholm I’m so envious of the way the Danes are truly committed to cycle traffic instead of the window-dressing we have here.

This type of practical measure is unthinkable here, where a cyclist often has to stop at traffic lights and press a button to request a green signal - even when car-traffic is at a standstill.

It all leads to more friction and dangerous risk-taking - where cyclists end-up ignoring lights instead - endangering both themselves, pedestrians and even other cyclists.

That's a case of the line must always go up. Except for mortality and down. This affects all modals, cars, bikes, pedestrians, the times to clear the crossing increase, the time during which different directions can move decreases.

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