Examples of traffic signal in a Sentence
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Surprise is performing traffic signal upgrades along Bell Road, which will add flashing yellow arrows for left turns at five intersections, resulting in overnight traffic restrictions starting Friday night.
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Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
Earlier this week, Franklin-Hodge and Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled plans to introduce more speed humps, redesign intersections, and implement new traffic signal guidelines to slow down cars on residential streets.
—Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
Here's why the controversial policy could return The purple lights don't pose a safety risk and are not affecting any traffic signals, Bach said.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2023
Flowers were piled up at the traffic signal at Canal Street and Kings Road.
—Brittany Shammas, Cate Cadell and Maham Javaid, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
Northwest Wisconsin Buffalo County: WIS 35 is reduced to a single lane controlled by temporary traffic signals at three bridge locations – two in Fountain City and one northwest of the WIS 35/54 intersection.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
Seattle is among a dozen cities across four continents, including Jakarta, Rio de Janeiro, and Hamburg, optimizing some traffic signals based on insights from driving data from Google Maps, aiming to reduce emissions from idling vehicles.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
A number of other trans persons were also detained at other traffic signals that day.
—Srishti Jaswal, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2023
The Nissan then struck a traffic signal at the intersection's northeast corner, police said.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
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Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
Earlier this week, Franklin-Hodge and Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled plans to introduce more speed humps, redesign intersections, and implement new traffic signal guidelines to slow down cars on residential streets.
—Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
Here's why the controversial policy could return The purple lights don't pose a safety risk and are not affecting any traffic signals, Bach said.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2023
Flowers were piled up at the traffic signal at Canal Street and Kings Road.
—Brittany Shammas, Cate Cadell and Maham Javaid, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
Northwest Wisconsin Buffalo County: WIS 35 is reduced to a single lane controlled by temporary traffic signals at three bridge locations – two in Fountain City and one northwest of the WIS 35/54 intersection.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
Seattle is among a dozen cities across four continents, including Jakarta, Rio de Janeiro, and Hamburg, optimizing some traffic signals based on insights from driving data from Google Maps, aiming to reduce emissions from idling vehicles.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
A number of other trans persons were also detained at other traffic signals that day.
—Srishti Jaswal, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2023
The Nissan then struck a traffic signal at the intersection's northeast corner, police said.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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traffic signal
noun
: a signal (as a traffic light) for controlling traffic
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