Traffic signs have to communicate crucial information quickly and simply, to anyone who might be on the road. They use letters and numbers to lay out information in plain language but they also use ...

When you first learned to drive, you were likely given a guide to the various road signs and their meanings. Whether it was in a formal Driver’s Education class or through a state-issued driver’s ...

State-level departments of transportation love putting funny or topical messages on digital traffic signs, but new rules at the federal level might bring the fun and games to an end. To be clear, this ...

US Route 20 starts in Boston, Massachusetts, and ends in Newport, Oregon. It's America's longest highway, measuring approximately 3,365 miles. However, nobody needs to drive for almost four days to ...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Traffic signs help guide drivers safely through intersections, neighborhoods and construction zones. But few people stop to consider where those signs come from — or who’s behind ...

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...