Someone stenciled this cycle signal by Nollendorfplatz. The heart, star, and slime droplet threw me off at first, but I focused on the Helvetica bike and regained my bearings.

This led me to consider the fact that in Germany the yellow light is used ahead of the green light to say, “you’re up!”. The red light—when it comes to walk/don’t walk–changes all of a sudden, without warning. A pedestrian’s only hope for survival rests in the revving engines of oncoming traffic: that is the sound of a yellow light.