Engineers are exploring a future white phase on U.S. traffic lights, showing how autonomous vehicles could coordinate movement at intersections.

Red and green traffic lights have been around since the 1800s, when British traffic officers used to rotate gas lamps that burned red and green to control the movement of mostly horse-drawn vehicles.

Today's traffic lights can be controlled by anything from standard traffic control computers to highly advanced AI-driven computer systems that are so "smart" they can predict what's going to happen ...

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 ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — North Carolina drivers, get ready for changes at intersections when traffic lights aren't working as normal. The NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) says it is modifying ...

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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 ...

SCRANTON – In the works for years, plans to upgrade traffic light signals at three busy intersections finally have a green light to move ahead. In recent years, the state Department of ...

Those blue lights above traffic signals aren’t decorative. Here’s what they’re for and why more cities are installing them. Blue confirmation lights help police spot and enforce red-light violations ...