Commuters on the Southwest Freeway south of downtown Houston are facing a puzzling new problem—illegible highway signs are setting up drivers for confusion and chaos as they navigate the busy road ...

With no sidewalks, bike lanes or stop signs, the narrow two-lane road is hazardous, especially for pedestrians—many of whom are children walking at peak hours.

For a while, researchers started seeing that the increased pedestrian death toll was almost entirely happening after dark and ...