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.

Flashing traffic lights, downed trees and other traffic impediments are a nuisance and many factors determine how cities and police departments handle them -- or not.

Question: My husband and I are wondering if it is true that emergency vehicles can change a light from red to green if they need to proceed through an intersection. Is this true, or is it just a myth ...

“From City Hall, City Springs, we have a Traffic Management Center,” Millholland explained, which he said contains hundreds of cameras and also engineers that work to re-time traffic signals around ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — A viewer reached out to News5 with safety concerns about an intersection in Pueblo near Lake Minnequa Park. In the email, she asked why the Colorado Department of Transportation ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — New traffic lights installed on I-4 ramps in downtown Orlando remain inactive, while similar lights on I-95 in South Florida have improved travel speeds. The traffic lights, first ...

River Road drivers in west county will see two-way traffic again — for a few days. Then the cones and stoplights come back. Caltrans says it’s wrapping up the emergency slide repair just west of ...