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New traffic lights in Vienna show male and  female gay couples with hearts - in red for stop and green for go

How can you make your city’s streets safer? Same-sex traffic lights, says Vienna

May 20, 2015Culture

Vienna recently installed traffic lights that use same-sex couples to signal “walk” and “stop.” It’s a show of the city’s acceptance and welcoming of the LGBT community, but it turns out people also pay better attention to the new lights, even if they’re snapping photos.

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