Bhutan’s Human Traffic Lights: Why This Himalayan Kingdom Chose People Over Automation

In most countries around the world, traffic lights are a basic part of daily life. Red means stop. Green means go. It is a universal language of modern transportation. But in Bhutan, things are different. The Himalayan kingdom once installed electronic traffic lights in its capital city, Thimphu. However, the experiment was short-lived. Residents felt […]