Cycle Highways? Cycle Super Highway

There was a piece on Newsnight a while ago, about a suburban town near Copenhagen I think it was, that had adopted a 'sail before steam' rights of way system, and removed ALL traffic controls and priority/lane signage and markings. It looked brilliant. In it they said that traffic jams are actually caused by traffic lights. Duh. Its not rocket surgery is it!? Hold people up, and they start getting all bunched up, so when thy get a chance to move they step on it like nutters, hammering it toward green lights that about to change etc.

God looking this thread^ makes me feel wierd. I was a bit more angry and funny when I was off the weed.

I read an article about this in the Globe and Mail a couple of years ago (I'll see if I can dig it up). Also made the point that many accidents between different road users are caused by people becoming single-minded about "their" space. You have your lane, and no one else is to enter it. Result: people don't pay attention to other road users and what they're about to do. Get rid of raised side walks and bike lanes, people are forced to be aware of their surroundings.