Hamburg is reversing the relationship between cars and people crossing the street at this traffic light. We look at why this works and improved travel time for everyone and learn a new german word: Bettelampel
Sources:
[1] https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Senat-will-alle-Druckknopf-Ampeln-in-der-Stadt-abschaffen,ampelschaltung102.html
[2] https://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/verkehr-ampel-fussgaenger-unfall-1.5792114
[3] https://www.hamburg.de/bvm/medien/16988794/2023-03-16-bvm-ampel-priorisierung/
[4] https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/weshalb-autofahrer-auf-hamburgs-strassen-bald-betteln-sollen/
[5] https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/kommunales/article237902415/neue-regel-in-hamburg-dauergruen-fuer-radfahrer-autos-muessen-warten-tjarks-verkehr.html
[6] https://www.buergerschaft-hh.de/parldok/dokument/83188/gilt_die_ampel_priorisierung_fuer_alle_verkehrsteilnehmer.pdf
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There is an awesome overly specific German word for traffic lights that you have to manually activate as a pedestrian or cyclist while cars get green by default battle literally translating to begging traffic light the problem here arises with weight times since Germany still has a car first mentality traffic flow is usually
Prioritized resulting in up to 1 to 3 minute weights which is completely ridiculous cars always get a green light Hamburg is testing to reverse this relationship this means that the traffic light shows green by default for pedestrians and cyclists and cars are the ones that have to back for a green
Light this path crosses the 50 km an hour Bunda here ther cameras have been installed above the road to count how many cars are approaching once these cars have passed the traffic light switches back to continuous green for people crossing the street and the final study also suggests that car times have
Not increased significantly either Hamburg is already planning to install more of these smart traffic lights in the future and eliminate the battle ampen alt together
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If you are interested: The linked video on my channel is going into more detail about a study on this awesome traffic light showing that green time for pedestrians increased 3x with little effects on the traffic flow
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F that, i completely understand how important cars are to the economy but im not waiting for cars… Im walking across the street, the drivers can slow down and break for me.