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City officials have received $12 million in grants to begin safety improvements on Florin Road, including adding traffic signals and a pedestrian crossing near Luther Burbank High School.
—Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Motor-vehicle crashes also tend to rise during power outages, likely because traffic signals and street lights aren't working.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
The harsh winds ripped traffic signal lights off of their support poles, blew down a lamp post in the Scotts Valley Target parking lot and knocked over electrical power poles, cutting off power and snarling traffic throughout the afternoon.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Dickerson would get more funding for reconfigured streets, sidewalks, crosswalks and adaptive traffic signals.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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“Traffic signal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20signal. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
traffic signal
noun
: a signal (as a traffic light) for controlling traffic
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