Dutch try heated cycle tracks and glow in the dark roads

8 January 2013 Last updated at 01:32 ET Help

A team of Dutch designers is pioneering technology to make winter journeys even safer for and more attractive to cyclists.

Reflective crystals make lines in the road more visible in poor light, while other roads are getting underground heating.

Anna Holligan reports from Zwolle.

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