THE VIDEO SHELF · traffic signal design
Why the Dutch Wait Less at Traffic Lights
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
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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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Not Just Bikes
- Topic
- traffic signal design
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Here's a link to some traffic light systems that you can trust most of the time. But nothing is perfect, so you're still required to pay attention yourself too, of course. [VIDEO]
Kim_Bruning on Hacker News · 2021-12
In In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from left turnsSee the youtube channel Not Just Bikes[1], specifically videos like - "Why the Dutch wait less at traffic lights" - [VIDEO] argues that American traffic engineering is optimised for car movement, at the expense of pedestrians and bikes, whereas Dutch traffic engineering is to minimise …
jodrellblank on Hacker News · 2022-12
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