Editing Traffic light (section)

== Cycle signals ==
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[[File:Bicycle stoplight.jpg|alt=A busy daytime street scene, with both the bike signal and pedestrian signal glowing red. People and cars are everywhere. Many other traffic signals can be seen in the background as you look further down the street.|thumb|Traffic light for a bike lane, NYC]]
[[File:Cyclist advanced stop line Liverpool.jpg|thumb|An advanced stop line at traffic lights in Liverpool]]
Where cycle lanes or cycle tracks exist on the approach to a signal-controlled junction, it must be considered how to incorporate cyclists safely into the junction to reduce conflict between motor vehicles and cyclists.

An [[advanced stop line]] can be placed after the stop line at traffic lights. This allows cyclists to position themselves in front of traffic at a red light and get a headstart.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Advanced Stop Line {{!}} Cycling Embassy of Great Britain|url=https://www.cycling-embassy.org.uk/dictionary/advanced-stop-line|access-date=19 December 2021|website=www.cycling-embassy.org.uk}}</ref>

In the US, design advice typically advises that the cycle lane should continue through the junction to the left of the right-turn lane; however, this creates conflict where motor vehicles wish to enter the right lane, as they must cross the cycle lane at a bad angle.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|last=Dutch|first=Bicycle|title=Junction design, the Dutch – cycle-friendly – way [120]|date=3 April 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlApbxLz6pA|work=YouTube|language=en|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>

Under Dutch engineering principles, cyclists are instead kept to the right of the junction, with protected kerbs. This improves safety by putting cyclists into the eyeline of motor vehicles at the stop line, allowing cyclists a headstart over turning traffic. This design also allows cyclists to complete far-side turns without having to wait in the centre of the junction.<ref name=":2"/> UK engineers have innovated on this design through the Cycle Optimised Protected Signals (CYCLOPS) junction, e.g. in [[Manchester]]. This places the cycle track around the edge of the signal junction and gives cyclists and pedestrians a single all-red phase, entirely separate from motor traffic and shortens pedestrian crossing times.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manchester opens UK's first CYCLOPS cycling junction|url=https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/101901/manchester-opens-uks-first-cyclops-cycling-junction/|access-date=18 December 2021|website=Intelligent Transport|language=en}}</ref>

Alternatively, cyclists can be considered pedestrians on approach to a junction, or where a cycle track crosses a road and combined pedestrian-cyclist traffic lights (known as [[Toucan crossing]]s in the UK) can be provided.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is a Toucan crossing?|url=https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/105228/what-is-a-toucan-crossing|access-date=19 December 2021|website=Auto Express|language=en}}</ref>