Copenhagen Using Lights To make Driving/Bicycling More Efficient
Copenhagen gives everyone else an inferiority complex. Because they just have it so... well... together.
The city is working on expanding a wireless network of streetlamps and sensors aimed at saving money, cutting the use of fossil fuels and easing mobility- all with the goal of becoming the world's first carbon-neutral capital by 2025.
Sounds cool but what does this network actually do? Well, truck drivers can see on smartphones when the next light will change so they can vary their speed to avoid idling. And, using sensors, streetlights brighten when vehicles approach. After they pass they dim. And there are a lot of plans for it in the future.
The New York Times looks at Copenhagens big plans for lights.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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