Luminophores pave the way: Enhanced safety for 'soft mobility' - a luminescent pilot project in Poland

摘要

Cyclists don't have it easy making their way through road traffic. It is practically a case of "survival of the fittest", with the car always ending up the winner of course. This is what bikes have to live with nowadays. Around 100 years ago the bicycle was the main means of transport. That said, the car - the new main means of individual transport in the dry - was on the verge of a breakthrough, and the promising development ran its course. Bikes got in the way of cars. As a consequence, bikes were slowly but surely confined to dedicated cycle paths. But now they are on the up again, and the rights of the cyclist are being reinforced. In the north of Poland, they have been testing a special self-sufficient luminous path for cyclists and pedestrians for a year now.