Traffic Light Pursuit: A Game of Endurance

By Howard Blume

April 17, 2005 12 AM PT

Is it really possible to get a signal installed on your hazardous street corner?

Play The Traffic Game and find out.

The Rules: Take your place at the starting line, roll a die and advance the number of squares shown on it. Follow directions on the square. Unless you qualify for a shortcut, you can’t pass any Green Square without landing directly on it, because each Green Square represents a necessary step in the city’s process for approving a traffic signal. First one to the finish line wins a traffic signal. Ready ... Set ... Brake!

-- Howard Blume

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Howard Blume

Howard Blume covers education for the Los Angeles Times. He’s won the top investigative reporting prize from the L.A. Press Club and print Journalist of the Year from the L.A. Society of Professional Journalists chapter. He recently retired “Deadline L.A.,” a past honoree for best public-affairs radio program, which he produced and co-hosted on KPFK-FM (90.7) for 15 years. He teaches tap dancing and has two superior daughters.

Traffic Light Pursuit: A Game of Endurance

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