{"id":281,"date":"2015-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/the-stoplight-turns-100-this-month\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:07","slug":"the-stoplight-turns-100-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/the-stoplight-turns-100-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"The stoplight turns 100 this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next time you are in a traffic jam in downtown Syracuse, are frustrated with metering lights or are waiting for traffic to loosen up, you may wonder if the traffic signal gods simply don\u2019t have your best interests in mind. You may also wonder if the traffic signal was invented yesterday and whether it will ever evolve.<\/p>\n<p>As for when it was invented, the traffic signal is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2014\/08\/05\/electric-traffic-light-birthday\/13634363\/\" target=\"_blank\">officially 100 years old this month<\/a>. The very first one was installed at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105<sup>th<\/sup> Street in Cleveland, Ohio. The signal\u2019s inventor, James Hoge, envisioned a device that would essentially improve his commute. At this time, Cleveland was going through an industrial renaissance, and this led to population growth. With many more people coming in and out of the city for work in cars, bicycles, horses and even streetcars, this inevitably led to traffic snarls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first traffic signal featured four pairs of red and green lights that stood for \u201cstop\u201d and \u201cgo.\u201d Of course, this design went through a host of changes before the traditional three color semaphore system that we see today was enacted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/the-stoplight-turns-100-this-month\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The stoplight turns 100 this month\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next time you are in a traffic jam in downtown Syracuse, are frustrated with metering lights or are waiting for traffic to loosen up, you may wonder if the traffic signal gods simply don\u2019t have your best interests in mind. 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