At one point, Los Angeles had over 100 cameras to catch red-light runners. Then the city tore ’em all out. Here’s why.
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Some stop lights are broken. Even if every corner had a red-light camera, many people would still run red lights. Here are the three toolkits...
Red-light cameras seem to magically know when a driver runs a red light. Here’s how engineers build real technology to take pictures of cars...
Crossing the street on your bike should be easy and safe. Stop lights to help you, also invite cars onto your bike route. Engineers in Tucson...
Middle-of-the-block crosswalks are terrible. Most do not qualify for a stop light. I meet the inventor of the Pedestrian Hybrid (HAWK) beacon, a...
Avid bicyclists roll their eyes as state engineers rebuild a highway through town. Tyranny of the car, right? Here's a project in Utah which added a...
The light turns yellow and you find yourself in a panic. Should I slam on my brakes and risk getting rear-ended? Or should I run the yellow— and...
Getting a red light ticket feels really crummy. When yellow lights (“change intervals”) are set long enough, red light runners vanish...
All you want to do is get on the freeway. Then a seemingly superfluous traffic signal stops you. Do ramp meters work?
Trains are wonderful but too expensive for most cities. A bus operating like a train may help smaller places afford quality mass transit.