Chicago Traffic

Traffic has crawled along the Kennedy Expressway Tuesday as a years-long construction project kicked off Monday night, NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

A years-long construction project on the Kennedy Expressway is slated to begin next week, NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

A major project is slated to take over a prominent part of the Kennedy Expressway for multiple years, impacting many Chicago-area commuters in a matter of weeks as officials urge drivers to find “alternative routes,” NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

A woman died early Saturday after she was struck by a vehicle and a FedEx truck on Interstate 294.

Many Chicagoans are all too familiar with jam-packed interstates and long delays on area streets, plus the frustration they may cause. If you’ve thought driving in the city can be cumbersome, you’re certainly not alone.

A semitruck full of meat rolled on its side in a single-vehicle crash on the Stevenson Expressway near the ramp to the Dan Ryan Expressway Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.

Three people were shot at a busy intersection in Chicago, with a police investigation closing the Ohio feeder ramp off the Kennedy Expressway for the start of the morning rush hour Monday.

If you thought Chicago’s traffic was bad this week you probably weren’t alone, but things will likely only get worse from here this weekend.

Did it feel like Chicago traffic was a bit more intense Thursday? There could be a reason for that.

According to AAA, 22% more people are expected to travel for this Labor Day weekend compared to 2021. Sandra Torres has more.

And just like that, it’s Labor Day weekend — and the Chicago roads and airports are expected to be filled with traffic.

Over the complex and years-long reconfiguration project where the Eisenhower and the Tri-State Tollway meet, transportation industry leaders and laborers launched National Work Zone Awareness Week.