Photo Assignment #2
Aerial view of advisory bike lane facilities in Delft, the Netherlands.
Bicycle Signals and Countdown Timers Galore!
A bicycle signal countdown timer in the Netherlands. The partial white ring around the "WACHT" progressively de-illuminates to show the time until the bicycle signal will turn green. Someone asked me recently what the coolest piece of transportation infrastructure I've seen in the Netherlands is. The first specific design to come to mind is the bicycle signal countdown timer, devices which employ various types of counters to show the bicyclist the time remaining before a phase change. Broadly, bicycle signal countdown timers are traffic signal countdown timers. These devices count down the time remaining on a signal phase, which, depending on the local jurisdiction's goal for that location, can include green, red, or even yellow signal countdown timers. Green signal countdown timers show the time remaining until the signal will turn yellow. Their purpose is typically safety: they give road users more time to make a stopping decision at the onset of yellow. One would ...
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