New research shows that AI in cars might warrant a new, four-light traffic signal that is more efficient. Getty Images/iStockphoto Surely this will complicate the game of red light, green light.

A study of the traffic signals Trumbull County owns has recommended the removal of the traffic light on Warren Sharon Road where it intersects with Brookfield Avenue and Yankee Run Road. Instead, stop ...

Adding a fourth light to traffic signals -- in addition to red, green and yellow -- would shorten wait times at street corners for pedestrians, as well as improve traffic flow for both autonomous ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State) are advocating for a significant change in traffic management by proposing the addition of a fourth color to traffic lights: white. This new ...

A “white light” added to traffic signals could enable self-driving vehicles to help control traffic flow—and let human drivers know what’s going on. In computational simulations, the new approach ...

The advent of self-driving cars could lead to a number of changes to traffic laws down the road, including a possible fourth traffic signal, researchers say. On top of the ubiquitous red, yellow and ...

There are three signals at a traffic light: red means stop, green means go, and yellow means that you have to slow done because the red light is about to appear. But how about if we have another light ...

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.

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — State funding will go towards traffic signal upgrades in the Lehigh Valley and Berks County. 57 municipalities across the Commonwealth will receive nearly $30 million through the ...