The slow lane: Dutch app allows elderly to 'hack' traffic lights

With sensors and smartphones to make roads more flexible, Tilburg is addressing the question: how can a city become safer for less able residents?The distance from Noud Rommen’s front door to the local shops is just 100 yards, but to get there, the 71-year-old with mobility problems must negotiate a six-lane dual carriageway with a notoriously short pedestrian crossing time.“If I stick to the rules I can only get to the island halfway across before it turns red, so I have to press th