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In 1952, Henry Barnes installed here the first traffic signal with a pedestrian "walk" component. The resulting diagonal crossing pattern resembled a square dance that became colloquially known as "the Barnes Dance." Barnes said that the time had come to give the pedestrian a 30 to 70% chance of getting across the street alive.
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