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The Netherlands has many streets that are designed as "low car" streets or "bike first" streets.

The white lights are important for road safety but the Dutch have developed methods of softly discouraging the kind of traffic that makes the road dangerous.

This is especially common in residential areas. Most town centres are pedestrianized but retain brighter lighting as they can still be quite busy public areas in the evening.




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