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.

Traffic lights across 32 intersections in Goleta will be getting upgrades to improve safety. Credit: Pricila Flores / Noozhawk photo Goleta is hoping to reduce vehicle collisions with its project to ...

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The idea of a fourth traffic light has gone viral online, with several reports claiming that a white signal will soon join the familiar red, amber and green at road intersections. The reason, ...

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 ...