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.

Driving in Japan isn’t too different from driving in other countries. Sure, the roads can be narrow and traffic flows on the opposite side of the street from many places, but in general, most ...

There's a new pedestrian crossing signal in town. Rather than relying on long-standing laws requiring motorists to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk, the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon uses yellow and red ...

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 ...

Visually impaired people are seen crossing a street while listening to the voice of a smartphone app connected to the traffic signal in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward, on March 19, 2021. (Mainichi/Osamu ...