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Why the Dutch Wait Less at Traffic Lights
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains how Dutch traffic lights use early detection, transit priority and conflict-free design to cut waiting. The aim is to move as many people as possible rather than as many cars.
Used as the standard reference for what genuinely smart traffic signals look like, in threads about traffic engineering and self-driving cars.
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