Traffic expected to spike around Chicago this Memorial Day weekend

For the first time in a long time, streets around the Chicago area feel more and more crowded and it's going to get busier later this month.

Chicago's traffic woes worsen as city approaches reopening
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P.S. Sriraj, director of UIC's Urban Transportation Center, talks about why traffic has returned with a vengeance in the Chicago area.

Tesla cameras capture moment trailing car crashes into 18-wheeler

The cameras on a Tesla captured the moment a car crashed into a semi-truck in North Carolina. No one suffered life-threatening injuries, but a few people were hospitalized, authorities said.

Tow truck driver safety comes to forefront with new campaign

When your car breaks down along a roadway, tow truck drivers are a welcome sight but now they are increasingly putting their lives on the line to stop and assist you.

Interstate 41 pileup in WI caught on camera; 1 driver killed

A stretch of I-41 in Washington County was shut down in both directions Wednesday because of at least 20 different crashes as snow fell. Two of those scenes were massive pileups, and a 37-year-old woman died.

Infant seriously hurt in Jane Byrne Interchange crash was not secured in car seat

A speeding car struck the end of a median wall Friday morning, seriously injuring an infant and shutting down a Jane Byrne Interchange ramp for five hours.

5 hurt in fiery Stony Island Avenue crash

Five people were injured in a traffic crash Friday morning in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.

Driver dies after I-57 shooting at Halsted Street

A driver died after he was shot and then crashed into a light pole late Thursday morning on Interstate 57 near Halsted Street.

Sand spill on I-290 causes rollover crash

Westbound Interstate 290 was closed for over two hours Friday morning after a sand spill caused two vehicles to crash near Des Plaines Avenue.

4-year-old dies in Bishop Ford crash with IDOT truck

A 4-year-old boy died after the car he was in rear-ended an Illinois Department of Transportation truck on the Bishop Ford Expressway.

Picking up highway litter costs Illinois $6M a year

Before you toss trash out the car window while cruising down an Illinois highway, think of this: Taxpayers pay $6 million a year to clean it up.

Kennedy Expressway resurfacing begins Monday night

Overnight resurfacing of the outbound Kennedy Expressway begins Monday, March 29, between the Edens junction and Harlem Avenue.