Whether you’re in a car, on a bike, or simply stepping into a crosswalk, you should always pay attention to traffic lights. The simple green-yellow-red light system, which has been standard in the ...

Have you ever wondered how traffic lights know when to give you a signal? Reader Nick Shepard asked Bee Curious, a community-driven series in which The Sacramento Bee’s service journalism team answers ...

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 ...

Every time we stop at a red light, wait patiently for green, or slow down on yellow, we’re participating in a system that quietly keeps billions of people safe. But have you ever wondered who invented ...

Traffic lights have been with us since 1868, when the first gas-powered set was switched on in London. These lights used a semaphore system similar to those used by the railways of the day and ...

Miami-Dade County recently hit the brakes on upgrading thousands of intersections with cameras and computers to calculate the best time for a green light to flick on and keep traffic moving. On ...

NEWS DAVID COLLINS EXPLAINS HOW IT ALL WORKS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE COMPANY, NO TRAFFIC, INSTALLED A SMART SENSOR THAT IMPROVES TRAFFIC FLOW BECAUSE IT’S BASED ON DEMAND ...