conduct traffic

昨夜の多摩地方での停電（power outage、blackout、power failure, etc）では、うちのゼミ生も被害を受けたようで、２時間半、何もできなかったと言っていました。

Up to 310,000 homes blacked out in Tokyo suburbs

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Up to 310,000 homes in suburban Tokyo were hit by a power outage Sunday evening, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

The utility said it is still investigating the cause of the blackout that affected the cities of Hachioji, Hino, Machida and Tama from around 8:30 p.m. Around 10 p.m., 22,000 houses were still without power.

Tokyo police said some traffic signals in the affected areas were without power and police officers were sent to conduct traffic.

Keio Corp. said its rail services were suspended in Hachioji and other areas for about 35 minutes due to the power outage.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140428p2g00m0dm010000c.html

停電では信号もとまって、交通整理にお巡りさんが駆り出されたようです。conduct trafficはまるでconductorのように交通の流れを円滑にすることです。これも新入生向けのフレーズ。さてこれから午後のゼミで〜す！音声練習をたっぷりとやる予定です。（UG）