As more self-driving cars enter roadways around the world, many aspects of driving could change forever. More electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles (AV) are already leading engineers to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Development of self-driving technology seems to have slowed down due to the complexity of navigating human-driven traffic. A new paper from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ...

If you're comfortable with the present green, amber, and red traffic lights, be prepared to get uncomfortable. New research suggests that adding a white light will speed up traffic and improve safety ...

Before we’re old enough to even see over the dashboard, we learn that green means go and red means stop. This internationally recognized traffic light color system is standard in most of the world.

DETROIT – The first tri-color, four-way traffic signal was installed at Woodward Avenue and Fort Street in Detroit in 1920. William Potts, a traffic officer, invented the signal, adding the yellow ...