There is no greater injustice with traffic than cyclists having to wait for cars at a red light. If everyone were on bicycles, there would be no waiting because every intersection could be a traffic circle. It is only because of cars hogging up road space that traffic lights are needed. So cars are imposing their own burdens on cyclists.

It’s very common for cyclists to run red lights. Lawmakers are sometimes wise enough to realise when a law is violated very frequently, they can conjecture that perhaps the law itself is the problem. Frequent violations often lead to liberation.

#FuckCars

So new rule:

Cycling-specific traffic lights with a red indicator must be replaced with a yellow signal, to indicate that cross traffic has the right of way but that it is legal to go when there is clearance.

When there is no cycling-specific path and cyclists are sharing the same traffic light with cars, then red lights take a new meaning for cyclists: red means yield. Running a red is only an offense if a cyclist actually impedes or collides with traffic that has a right of way.

Opportunities to detect cyclists on a path and alter light signal timing so that the cyclists do not need to stop must be considered by civil engineers. Signal timers must optimise for cyclists, not cars, whenever the two are at odds.