"N.Y.C. DOT put up the first automated traffic light here in 1916!!!"
So claims this handwritten sign taped to a pedestrian signal pole at the intersection of Huguenot Avenue and Amboy Road in Staten Island. I'm not sure exactly what this is supposed to mean, and I can't find anything online to clarify the matter.
Day 576
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July 28th, 2013
I tried to google it and came up with this per info.com: http://topics.info.com/Which-city-had-the-first-traffic-light_712
“New York City installed the first three-color light signals in 1918.”