The Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (or HAWK Beacon) uses yellow and red lights to bring traffic to a stop before signaling pedestrians to cross the road.

Scranton is ready to begin a sweeping $27.3 million plan to change downtown traffic patterns, signals and streetscapes to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety, Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti announced ...

Traffic lights today are controlled by computers and other purpose-built systems, but what did people do before computers were a thing? You may be surprised.

Before the advent of computers, traffic lights were a marvel of mechanical and electromechanical engineering, utilizing ...

The City of Orlando is set to transform its downtown roads by reintroducing two-way traffic, starting with Magnolia Avenue, as part of a $750 million Downtown Orlando Action Plan. The initiative aims ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Today is Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. If ...

Transportation engineers at North Carolina State University have proposed that an additional color be added to existing traffic lights. This new color would be a white light, intended for the use of ...

Murrysville officials have had problems in recent years with crashes on Route 22 causing damage to the electrical boxes that control several traffic lights along the highway. The municipality plans to ...

Those visiting the Indiana County Court House can get their hands on a sheet prepared recently by the Indiana Borough Police Department. “Both drivers and pedestrians share responsibility for safety ...

MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS. THE WEST KENTUCKY STREET CORRIDOR HAS A NEW LOOK. $1 MILLION PROJECT CONNECTS THE CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOOD AND OLD LOUISVILLE JOYCE OGIRRI TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE UPGRADES ...

Startup Sage Care is coming out of stealth with $20 million in funding and customers that include Bronson Healthcare and White Plains Hospital. Justin Ho knows a lot about navigation. He’s ...