PHOENIX – Updated technology has allowed the Arizona Department of Transportation to optimize the operation of its freeway ramp meters. The enhanced computer programming lets the meters’ red and green ...

Question: Hello, we took a trip to the Cities this summer. While there we came across these freeway ramp meters. I know we don’t have those in outstate Minnesota, but I thought you might be able to ...

As you begin to enter a California highway, you might encounter a ramp meter telling youwhen you can — or cannot — merge without stopping. What are the rules when those lights are active at on-ramps?

PORTLAND, Ore. — Red lights at freeway on-ramps that only let one car at a time onto highways may be counterintuitive, but they do serve a purpose. “...Ramp meters make sure traffic gets on the ...

LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) – A viewer wants to know why some freeway ramp meter signals aren’t working. John writes: “I drive home from work every evening around 5:30 going south on the 95, and there’s ...

Q: James Smith of Upland asked why the meters to enter the 210 Freeway in the Upland region are not on during the weekends. Smith is specifically referring to the area along the 210 northbound and ...

Q. I ride a motorcycle and when I get to a freeway on-ramp with a traffic meter, the traffic detector in the ground doesn’t always sense my motorcycle. I’ve held up traffic waiting for it to change, ...

Re: Patricia Moore’s letter “City needs to address traffic problems,” Mailbag, Jan 11. I believe the northbound traffic on Brand Boulevard near the freeway is made worse by the freeway entrance meter.

According to the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), the goal is to relieve traffic congestion and make merging traffic safer for drivers. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Bakersfield ...