Hanging traffic lights are old fashioned and it's out of style. Half of the nation including Michigan uses hanging traffic signals. I would like to see Illinois-style traffic lights built all over Metro Detroit. You would only see these modern traffic lights in a developed community.
I love the Illinois-style design of traffic lights, it is placed on the post. The turn signals [[green and yellow arrows) are placed below the green lamp. I think they have that in Minnesota too. There are only a few hanging traffic lights in Illinois
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But in Chicago, most traffic poles are coated in green and the street name sign are all in capital letters including a street address.
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California-style traffic lights are the most modern in the country
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But the Wisconsin-style traffic lights sucks. Traffic lights are arranged horizontally, you'll see those in New Mexico, Florida and Texas too.
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In almost all of Canada, traffic lights are coated in yellow.
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