Chicago Traffic

The driver killed in a single-vehicle crash on the I-94 Edens Expressway Tuesday during the busy rush hour commute has been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner.

As congestion pricing takes effect in parts of Manhattan in New York City, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski takes a look at how it would look in Chicago.

A vehicle caught fire on I-90 Thursday morning in the suburbs, sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the air and closing some lanes during the busy commute.

One person was killed and traffic was backed up for miles due to a crash on the Edens Expressway in Chicago’s north suburbs during the busy Tuesday morning rush hour commute, Illinois State Police said.

One person was killed and traffic was backed up for miles due to a crash on the Edens Expressway in Chicago’s north suburbs during the busy Tuesday morning rush hour commute, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago drivers lost more than four days of time stuck in traffic last year, and did so one some of the most congested roadways in the world, according to a new ranking.

A crash involving a school bus in the Chicago suburbs Monday afternoon left one person injured, the Illinois State Police said.

A dangerous winter storm that has gripped the midwest and south is now impacting the northeast and Atlantic coast states with snow and ice and bone-chilling cold and wind chills.

While Northeastern Illinois was under a winter weather advisory with lake effect snow expected Monday, Washington County in downstate Illinois was under a shelter-in-place order after a major winter storm brought “life-threatening weather conditions” with snow, ice, power outages, and major travel impacts, with spin-outs and crashes.

Illinois roads were slick and slippery Monday morning as a major winter storm rolled through parts of the Midwest, with snow, freezing drizzle and ice impacting parts of the Chicago-area commute.

Road closures were in place and drivers were asked to avoid the area of a “bad accident” in Kankakee County Tuesday morning involving a semi truck, the sheriff’s office said.

Kennedy Expressway drivers to and from Chicago can expect traffic to continue longer than planned as the Illinois Department of Transportation says its scheduled timeline of opening the express lanes has been “pushed back” a month.

Lanes were closed and delays were expected on parts of I-57 and I-294 during the Monday morning commute after a roll-over accident left one person injured.

Lanes were closed and delays were expected after a crash Friday morning on I-57 southbound near Sauk Trail in Cook County, Illinois State Police said.

Traffic was building and a detour was in place on I-57 in Blue Island after an early morning rollover crash closed outbound lanes and left at least one person injured, the Illinois State Police said.

All northbound lanes of Interstate 94 were shut down Friday morning as crews worked to clean up the scene of a multi-vehicle crash.

Chicago-area roads were expected to get slick and slippery and travel impacts were likely for the Thursday morning commute as a winter weather advisory with bursts of “wind-whipped” snow moved into the region.

A large police presence was reported on Interstate 55 after police say a vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago fled from officers trying to stop it on the highway.

A fatal crash in northwest suburban West Dundee has shut down two major roadways during the morning rush hour Tuesday, authorities said, urging drivers to avoid the area.

A portion of the Bishop Ford (I-94) is blocked and four people were seriously injured Monday morning after a truck struck a passenger vehicle, the Illinois State Police said.