Nobody likes sitting at red lights when they've got places to be — but there's a red light in the United States that's red for 57 minutes of each hour, causing immense stress and potential chaos ...

In the 1920s, residents of one American neighborhood were sure that a right-side-up traffic light made a political statement they couldn't abide.

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 ...

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 ...