If you travel Interstate 96 through Oakland County, take note: Beginning the morning of Wednesday, June 18, the Michigan Department of Transportation is rolling out a new way for you to get on the ...

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – All ramp metering signals along the I-96 Flex Route went into effect on Wednesday. Since June, eight entrance ramps to I-96 have already implemented ramp metering on the ...

All I-96 ramp metering traffic lights will be active beginning Wednesday. These lights at freeway entrances control the flow of traffic entering the freeway. The metering is designed to allows the ...

For the first time in several decades in Michigan, motorists are seeing traffic lights on several ramps onto I-96 in western Oakland County that they will have to follow to enter the freeway. The ...

Ramp metering aims to reduce crashes and improve travel times by controlling the rate of vehicles entering the freeway using a traffic signal. Starting at 6 a.m., Wednesday, June 18, ramp meters will ...

Other states use ramp metering to reduce crashes, improve travel times and control the flow of traffic entering the freeway. The ramp meters will be used when traffic is slower and congested. They ...

Dear Reader: We have encountered ramp metering in at least two places. First, in Seattle years ago. Congested, is Seattle. Second, this year in Milwaukee. Congested, is Milwaukee. For those who don't ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

The Michigan Department of Transportation is rolling out ramp metering, a new way for you to get on the freeway. While there has been opposition and skepticism to it in other areas, it worked out. Red ...