New reflective signs to improve visibility are being installed on the Dan Ryan Expressway and other state roads, the Illinois Department of Transportation said Wednesday. In addition to improving ...

Harry Heltzer, who began at the 3M Co. as a $12-a-week manual laborer, invented one of the company’s most profitable products and rose to be its top executive, died on Sept. 21 at his home in Lenoir, ...

Q Gary, in a recent column you snuck in a mention of Caltrans’ efforts to install “highly reflective signs to enhance visibility and reduce electricity and maintenance costs.” But my recent experience ...

"Have signs been getting brighter, or is it just me?," one Getting There reader poses a about the reflective nature of signs at night. It turns out, it is not just them. In a past photo, a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- There have been a lot of great inventions made right here in the state of Minnesota. The obvious ones are roller blades, the stapler, the pacemaker. But one the country and world ...

The new road stripes puzzling Texas drivers are reflective markings on highway barriers, added to help motorists judge curves ...

When JC Ojeda and Marlene Lopez Ibarra pitch products to prospective customers, they first talk about their own families — and bringing them home safely. The technical specifications of 3M’s ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Winter storms and spring showers may create low visibility for drivers on road. The weather makes road signs at night challenging to see, too. MoDOT engineers said much of the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - If you drive near the Kellogg and Interstate 135 interchange at night, you may have noticed that it’s difficult to read the reflective road signs. Eyewitness News heard from ...

OTSEGO COUNTY, Mi (WPBN/WGTU) – The Michigan Department of Transportation has decided to invest in more reflective traffic barrels for work sites over the next few years. Over the next four years, ...