The idea is called “shared space” and it has been popularized by a Dutch concept named woonerf, or living street. There are about 6000 official woonerf in the Netherlands, most often used in ...

The Netherlands have replaced standard street lighting on a 500m stretch of highway with light-absorbing glow-in-the-dark road markings.

One stretch of road in the Netherlands may make you feel like you're cruising through a video game. A new glow-in-the-dark pavement has replaced power-sucking streetlights for a 500m (.3mi) piece ...