from Copenhagenize
Copenhagen has, on certain stretches of bike lanes featuring heavy traffic (25,000 + 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.
The 35,000 cyclists on Nørrebrogade have taken the wave to heart. The average speed on the stretch – and in Copenhagen in general – was 15.5 km/h. It is now 20.3 km/h where the Green Wave carries the cycling crowds.
There are safety advantages in play, as well as general convenience. Cyclists who raced along the route at higher speeds have lowered their pace in order to catch all the lights. Good for safety.
The Green Wave has proved to be such a massive success that it has now been extended to two other main stretches leading to the city centre.