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Traffic lights are signalling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings, and other locations to control flows of traffic. The history of traffic lights is associated with the historic growth of the automobile.[1]

Traffic lights were first introduced in December 1868 on Parliament Square in London to reduce the need for police officers to control traffic.[2] Since then, electricity and computerised control has advanced traffic light technology and increased intersection capacity.[3]: 141 

Advert for an "Electric Traffic Regulator" in the Pryke & Palmer catalogue of 1930
The installation of a traffic signal in San Diego in December 1940
A traffic light in Stockholm in 1953.
  1. ^ McShane, Clay (March 1999). "The Origins and Globalization of Traffic Control Signals" (PDF). Journal of Urban History. 25 (3): 379–404. doi:10.1177/009614429902500304. S2CID 110125733. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ Thames Leisure. "12 Amazing Facts About London". Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sessions was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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