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- noun A purposefully designed
timing of a series oftraffic lights to produce agreen light for cars travelling at the correct speed as they arrive at the lights.
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For those of us who do not live in cycle-friendly Copenhagen, the green wave that Traum describes is a system started by the city authorities 16 years ago: in order to encourage bike travel, they synchronised traffic lights on several key roads so that a rush-hour cyclist travelling at about 20km/h (12.4mph) could catch green lights all the way.
‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave Ajit Niranjan 2025
bilby commented on the word green wave
*waves back, orangely*
October 8, 2009