Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research from UMass Amherst suggests more driver awareness is needed about pedestrian hybrid beacons. A pedestrian hybrid ...

Q: I’ve encountered two types of pedestrian-activated crossings; one that flashes yellow and one that flashes red. But both, more often than not, are treated the same by motorists. This raises the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids uses different crosswalk signals at different intersections based on traffic data, the number of lanes, and whether there is a median. But despite those ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Springfield police are stepping up enforcement at HAWK signals — pedestrian-activated crosswalk devices appearing along busy city roads. Officers issued nine citations at the ...

One year into a federal court order, the monitor says Chicago met the minimum requirements by building 78 new accessible crosswalk signals but that none of them fully comply with federal technical ...

Earlier this month, the city of Albuquerque kick-started a new traffic campaign geared toward improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety on crosswalks while the governor signed into law a bill ...

After years of planning — and a bit of controversy — a new pedestrian-activated beacon has been switched on across the 2500 block of Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla. The project includes new curb ramps, ...

Chicago is installing beeping crossing signals for the blind, but a monitor found they often need fixes to make them more ...

HAWK crosswalk signals, installed on Alabama Street in Bellingham in 2015, flash solid red, meaning drivers are to stop and remain stopped, and flashing red, which is to be treated like a stop sign — ...

One year after a federal judge ordered Chicago to install more accessible crosswalk signals for impaired pedestrians, a court-appointed monitor found the city has met ...