Private automobile ownership exploded in the 1920s. In 1919, there were about 6.5 million passenger cars in America. By 1929 that number had increased to over 23 million and American society was ...

In the 1920s, the Fifth Avenue Association commissioned architect Joseph H. Freedlander to design seven 23-foot traffic towers made entirely out of bronze to be placed along the length of Fifth Avenue ...

Remember the last time you got pulled over for speeding? The cop slowly walked up behind your car, gave you a lecture about how the rules keep us all safe, and then handed you a ticket for a gajillion ...

Berlin - Germany’s first traffic light, initially operated by a traffic cop, glows red, yellow, and green. The play of colours seems pretty pointless, as the signal only halts the flow of cars, trams, ...