Across the United States, drivers are looking up at intersections and noticing a new, unfamiliar glow: small blue lights perched near traditional red, yellow and green signals. They are not decorative ...

In the 1920s, residents of one American neighborhood were sure that a right-side-up traffic light made a political statement ...

ASSOCIATION STUDY. AND IF YOU DON’T OBEY THE CROSSWALK, YOU’LL GET A TICKET. ALBUQUERQUE IS ADDING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO MAKE CROSSING THE STREET SAFER. BUT THE SIGNALS HAVE DIFFERENT RULES THAN ...

At first glance, traffic lights are stunningly simple: green means go, red means stop, and yellow means it’s about to turn red. But like cars, phones, and just about everything else on this planet, ...

Your average driver might like to bemoan them, but traffic lights play an integral part in not only controlling traffic patterns in urban and suburban areas, but also helping to keep drivers and ...

Some things are so ubiquitous that it's easy to forget they're designed for a reason. With more than 300,000 traffic lights set up across the United States, it's easy to take how they look for granted ...

The choices made as to whether traffic lights are mounted vertically or horizontally reflect traffic clearance, resistance to ...

If you’re a driver, you’ve been there: a motorist waiting and waiting for what seems an eternity for a traffic signal to change from red to green, despite the absence of any cars running through the ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pa. Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll announced Wednesday that 73 municipalities will receive more than $30 million to support traffic signal upgrades ...

Traffic lights across 32 intersections in Goleta will be getting upgrades to improve safety. Credit: Pricila Flores / Noozhawk photo Goleta is hoping to reduce vehicle collisions with its project to ...

Q: What are the rules about crosswalks at intersections with signal lights? Many people think that if they are in a crosswalk and the light is green for the automobile, they can still cross. Please ...

Drivers experience billions of dollars in congestion costs at intersections every year. Improving traffic signal timing could help reduce costs and delays. Sometimes you sit in your car at a traffic ...