If you're comfortable with the present green, amber, and red traffic lights, be prepared to get uncomfortable. New research suggests that adding a white light will speed up traffic and improve safety ...

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.

(WHTM/NEXSTAR) – On many traffic signals found throughout the United States, there is a small light that is placed in between or off to the side of the traffic signal lights. Sometimes you see them ...

Q: Do you know the backstory of the thin yellow border you see around many stoplights? It’s amazing how such a small border can make the stoplight pop out visually from the background. Whoever came up ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...