There's a new pedestrian crossing signal in town. Rather than relying on long-standing laws requiring motorists to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk, the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon uses yellow and red ...

Both pedestrian hybrid beacons and rectangular rapid flashing beacons have been shown to reduce pedestrian crashes, but in a new study, researchers compared behavior at the two different types of ...

Q: What are the rules about crosswalks at intersections with signal lights? Many people think that if they are in a crosswalk and the light is green for the automobile, they can still cross. Please ...

As we have covered in earnest lately with roundabouts, the introduction of a new traffic tool or maneuver can throw drivers for a loop. Diverging diamonds and displaced left turns, each of which send ...

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 ...

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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 ...