This week, the first of three “continuous-flow intersections” will open on a nearly three-mile stretch of U.S. 85 that’s notorious for aggravating traffic backups.

A left turn light also allows drivers to safely make a left turn from Florida onto New York Avenue toward Route 50 out to Maryland. Now there is still a lot of construction that drivers and ...

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The vehicle didn’t trigger the sensor, so cycle after cycle went by and the traffic system never gave the left turn lane a green light, thinking the lane was unoccupied. Had the driver known ...