Eight call boxes in downtown D.C. now house the stories of women who made history in the city. Local artist Charles Bergen retrofitted each call box with a cast-iron sculpture of a notable woman and a ...

"It's a sign of the times," the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) vice-chair said. The iconic yellow call boxes lining the side of the freeways in San Diego are going the way of the dodo ...

Dramatic drop in use and issues maintaining call boxes cited for system's end. Call box system cost $350,000 to $400,000 a year. Funds will be used for other programs like free roadside assistance and ...

With an increased use of cell phones, the emergency call boxes around University campuses have only been used a handful of times for what they are intended for, officials said. Students often use ...

Irvine’s Case Systems Inc. has had to reinvent a business model built on obsolete products. The company makes and services call boxes—remember those? The bright yellow boxes below blue signs have for ...

One of the remaining emergency call boxes along Highway 101 is pictured near the Gaviota State Park exit. Hundreds of call boxes have been removed across Santa Barbara County in recent years due to ...

Talkaphone has released a hardened, NEMA 4X rated, call box with a handset for noisy and harsh environments. Typically used at industrial complexes, transit facilities, bridges and similar outdoor ...

Drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will no longer see yellow call boxes lining the roads. The boxes are being removed because officials said the call boxes have become "obsolete." Pittsburgh's ...

The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) is set to remove all 427 emergency call boxes from county highways by September 1, 2025. The decision comes as call box usage has significantly ...

When Answer Man was a wee Answer Boy, a favorite game was cops and robbers. The neighborhood urchins would ape what they’d heard on TV, which meant at some point someone on the law enforcement side ...