Green Wave for Cyclists (Odense)

Using an innovative design making its world debut, one can now cycle and arrive at the green light every time along a specific corridor in Odense, Denmark. To guide bicyclists, the City of Odense has developed a "running light" along a set of bollards that makes a "green wave." As the video clip shows, 45 bollards with lights turn green at a given speed, cuing the cyclist to speed up or slow down to avoid the red light. The light at the end will turn red just before the traffic signal turns red to warn cyclists of the impending red light. It is just one more way Odense is given priority to cyclists, giving them direct, comfortable and coherent cycling routes. See http://www.cykelby.dk/english.asp#wave for more info. The estimated cost for the bollards is £10,000-15,000 (British pounds.) A Cycling Scotland Video.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Signal
• Synchronisation
• Odense
• Denmark
• Green
• Wave
• Bollards
• Cycle
• Bike
• Bicycle
• Design
• Tom
• Bertulis

[engameg]

Odense is in FYN right? `:P

[Neergaard2]

Great video, great idea, wish I lived in Odense!

[MortenFilemon]

@engameg It is. :)

[TheAbidkhan]

HI I AM THINKING TO GO IN ODENSE THERE FOR HOLIDAYS SO CAN ANYONE LET ME KNOW WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO STAY FOR CHEAP GOOD PRICE ...

[blackdredre]

i love the way he says odense XD

[adelaidecyclist]

that is a pretty interesting idea.

[lilmikkelfast]

@Neergaard2 Yeah, there many nice stuff in Odense, i live there. The road we are driving on is Rugårdsvej i think.

Theres many beautiful stuff in Odense too, but dont go there at night in the city, it's also very dangerous ^^

[lilmikkelfast]

Haha, jeg bor næsten lige ved siden af :D

[janlindholt]

Hey, why are the lights not anywhere to find in Odense anymore? Thank you

[gapcu]

"that my friend are the green bollards of odense denmark, thanks for watching" ( who is this boring bastard)??? when I visited Odense I got pissed out my head in the cat er muusse club and then spent half the next day masterbating myself stupid thinking about the sexy danish ladies i stared at for hours on the day before???? oooh, yeeah, nice!!!

[Hyperdamp]

@engameg Yes

[1adormae]

I have been living there for 6 months I haven't noticed it!!!

Anyway, Odense the best city in the world :-P love it!