I been telling people this for years. I lived in California. Chicago traffic is HORRIBLE and it’s all day!!!!
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
Nights too. It just gets alittle better. I have a couple videos of how bad nights can get
@FyfFyd-wu2jpАй бұрын
I can just use CTA trains or Metra and it's more faster than cars on the highway.
@Cnoted33 Жыл бұрын
Mainly due to Poor protection with Public Transportation- now everybody drives!
@paulieprinceton4550 Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget all the lane reductions for the absurd bike lanes that are not used for a third of the year because we have winter. We have corrupt morons running this city.
@DosDonts1019 ай бұрын
Exactly, it's a chain reaction. Violent crime is up specially on public transportation and unfortunately people still have to get to work so they drive. Also construction is everywhere. People are a holes and on the phone. And there's an overall lack of respect when people drive that's nothing unique to Chicago obviously, but there's just more of it.
@SirEnzo371 Жыл бұрын
So fix the CTA and stop letting criminals run rampant on the trains and busses which is forcing folks to resort to driving. Regardless, there's no way Chicago is worse than NYC or LA.
@sean2015 Жыл бұрын
Boston, Houston and Honolulu are also much more congested than Chicago. Honolulu especially because there's no space for building more roads or highways.
@mic1240 Жыл бұрын
NYC is not that congested, far more people in NYC don’t own cars and ride more extensive train systems. The Ike is seemingly always backed up, even at odd hours outside of rush hour
@SirEnzo371 Жыл бұрын
@@mic1240 I think there's a misconception that with congestion and actual travel time here. You can get from almost anywhere in the suburbs to the city within 45 minutes to an hour here in Chicago on average during peak traffic. With some accidents that could go up but an hour commute time is typical for most that live the farthest out. That was not the same experience for me in NYC or LA. I could have been driving for nearly 2 hours if I was doing that type of commute (suburbs or a coastal borough to the city).
@mic1240 Жыл бұрын
@@SirEnzo371 maybe, but can’t imagine people in St Charles, Batavia and other far flung areas can ever get to the city in 45 minutes.
@SirEnzo371 Жыл бұрын
@@mic1240 You're mentioning suburbs in a completely different county though. Once you mention the areas that's 40+ miles away, you have to consider that driving 40 miles in LA or NYC would still take you longer that it would here. That's literally a 45-minute commute WITHOUT traffic, which is still incredibly reasonable. If you live that far and have to get to the city, the Metra is your best bet anyways.
@OperationChicago Жыл бұрын
Trains and CTA security sucks so they drive now :(
@meghansullivan6812 Жыл бұрын
it sucks so much!!!!!!! like can we PLEASE just have good, reliable public transit (looking at u, ghost busses!) and PROTECTED bike lanes please???
@OperationChicago Жыл бұрын
@@meghansullivan6812 I think that is asking for to much, please stop :(
@bobloblaw6311 Жыл бұрын
I remember being in LA in 2019 and thought "hmm, this isn't worse than back home in Chicago...". And then the pandemic hit, and conditions on CTA trains became unsafe and deplorable, and traffic spiked. I used CTA exclusively for seven years, and every time since 2020 I get on a train, I immediately regret it. And EVERYONE you talk to feels the same way. CTA, CPD, and the City in general has no concrete, effective plans to rebuild ridership as they kowtow to smoking, assaults, robberies, urination and defecation, horrid smells, unusable seats--- it never ends. The best Red Line ride I took last year was an anomaly in that nothing bad happened; there was no smoking, fighting, humans relieving themselves- oh, but a man was playing pocket pool across from me for all of 25 minutes. It was the best ride because it's gotten so bad, if that's the worst thing that happens on my trip to get from point A to point B, I'll take it. If I need to go farther than I can walk, I always choose to hop in the car rather than wait for deplorable public transit options that may or may not come in the first place. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be cruel, but if you need to hang out all day on the train, fine! Just kindly go relieve yourself somewhere, ANYWHERE that isn't literally under the seat you are currently occupying. To be honest, you pee on a train and you should be banned. Period. Same for smoking, fights, everything. You're not racist for demanding decency in public. And want to know who hurts the most from lack of accountability on trains and buses? Lower SES POC. Through inaction, this is making their lives absolutely worse. Ok end rant but yeah the deterioration of the CTA plays a huge role in traffic getting worse as it is no longer a safe or viable means of transportation.
@brucenome989 Жыл бұрын
I thought it was Atlanta and Los Angeles was the top traffic City but Chicago shocked me
@stansmith8206 Жыл бұрын
I was on I-55 at Damen after work and apparently cut off someone. They flashed a gun at me and I was terrified. I'm from Wisconsin so not used to these types of things.
@meghansullivan6812 Жыл бұрын
holy shit really
@justrandomthings319 Жыл бұрын
No way Chicago is more congested than Atlanta.
@hueso5071 Жыл бұрын
Chicago has a bigger population.
@justrandomthings319 Жыл бұрын
@@hueso5071 In Chicago, you have multiple ways to get to one destination. It's a well organized grid system. In Atlanta, it's a mish mash of twisty roads, dead ends, and irregular traffic patterns. You're stuck with one or two routes to your destination and they're all congested with traffic.
@hueso5071 Жыл бұрын
@@justrandomthings319 I see
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
@@justrandomthings319Well in Chicago the freeway system was built to handle like half the current population. That may be the case in Atlanta as well but both don't have adequate networks to sustain current levels of traffic.
@lauralee53804 ай бұрын
Atlanta is the hub of transportation , of all three air, road and transit. They built their roads according
@michealklee8844 Жыл бұрын
FYI we have a lot of Coastel truck driving coming through our highways which also does a lot of damage
@zotiac1231 Жыл бұрын
This is unacceptable. BAN ASSAULT CARS.
@ajax7ox729 Жыл бұрын
Public transportation is usless because it doesn't go anywhere
@beback_ Жыл бұрын
They need to build circumferential lines. It's embarrassing that a world city like Chicago has an inferior metro system to Tehran, which is governed by a incompetent cabal of criminals.
@thomask4836 Жыл бұрын
I have noticed a considerable improvement regarding inbound and outbound rush hour traffic on I-55 since 2015 but then again, I've been retired for almost 8 years now.
@1powerequalsgod16 күн бұрын
I’m so glad I experience life out in the northern suburbs. It’s way faster commuting but we have an older population that is affluent and retired so it helps they don’t drive often.
@beback_11 ай бұрын
Any city of this size and density needs a fast, frequent and extensive rail transit system. The L is none of those things.
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
I work everyday and even 1pm, which USED to be one of our least congested hours is now so jammed. Really there no rush hour. Its all day and night now. Chicago is now a mega city with over 10 million people in the area and our biggest flaw is that almost all the highways lead to Downtown. Too much congestion
@KingJamesKingChaos Жыл бұрын
True
@kevinaguilar7541 Жыл бұрын
Another big flaw is our public transportation system.
@Baseball1984 Жыл бұрын
Crazy when so many people telework.
@JohnAckerman93 Жыл бұрын
Just unbelievable. There are several reasons for this happening, and the big thing here is of course leadership, and investing. The mayor and governor know nothing about making the right investments in the state’s and city’s infrastructure. The roads and streets are loaded with potholes, bike lanes are not needed on most streets, the list goes on and on. What I think we should do is invest more in our public transit system. A lot of people don’t seem to know that public transit saves time, it cuts greenhouse emissions, it’s faster than sitting in miles of traffic, and you may even make a friend or two.
@meghansullivan6812 Жыл бұрын
not to mention its significantly less stressful! u can zone out, read a book, listen to music versus fuming in ur car due to traffic and shitty drivers.
@beback_11 ай бұрын
Bike lanes are needed on every major street.
@greekfire1875 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, the circle was especially messy last year with construction. Hopefully it isn't too bad going forward.
@stebbiej Жыл бұрын
Chicago traffic is really not bad. Try new york, Atlanta, LA hell even Houston
@thedirtybubble9613 Жыл бұрын
Hey I see you on Cam Chat all the time. 🤣
@gregoryguerrier963 Жыл бұрын
No way Chicago is more congested than Los Angeles or Atlanta. To me those were the worst places to drive. After 5:00 a.m. you will spend an entire day if you need to get in and out of Los Angeles by car or the Bay Area. Atlanta is terrible as well. There are almost no back roads to get where you need to go through the city certain places you need to get to you have to take the expressway and that spaghetti Bowl curved Expressway is not only dangerous but bumper to bumper during the day.
@hueso5071 Жыл бұрын
I agree with LA but not Atlanta.
@beback_ Жыл бұрын
Just build one more lane! It'll solve the problem!
@meghansullivan6812 Жыл бұрын
😭
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
Maybe get rid of bike lanes
@beback_11 ай бұрын
lol@@lrn_news9171
@timwilsey3655 Жыл бұрын
No way we are more congested than NY/LA, not a chance. We are bad though. Drivers are 110% more aggressive over the last 3-4 years. Zillion more trucks now with getting products out. I love it, cities saw a 70% increase in 2022, well that little thing called Covid has had a smidge of impact on the entire work industry. Lastly, I moved here in 1995, why do midwest drivers insist on driving slow in the left???? Only area in the country where I see drivers daily, including trucks racing to slow down in the left
@j-rschmoove Жыл бұрын
I lived in California. We are way worse. Cali has NO traffic downtown. Not to mention all the traffic in LA is on the freeway. Chicago traffic is everywhere. And ALL DAY. We are way worse. And as for NYC 70% of New Yorkers don’t even drive. All their traffic is cabs and tourists. And it’s mainly Manhattan. Well Brooklyn now too. Nah…we are up there with China. Especially lately.
@Codi892 Жыл бұрын
Not all of the Midwest. It's illegal to go the speed limit in the fast lane in Indiana. Coasting in the left lane will get you a ticket there.
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
Ive been to both cities recently and neither of them are as bad as Chicago. I have friends from NYC and LA that actually confirm what i think
@AlphaTroll Жыл бұрын
hmmm I live in both LA and Chicago and Id say LA is way worse because its very spread out too. Chicago is smaller. I dont mind getting stuck in rush hour traffic in Chicago after doing it in LA.
@j-rschmoove Жыл бұрын
@AlphaTroll please apparently u don't know Chicago. All the traffic in LA is on the freeway. Chicago traffic is everywhere. And Chicago traffic is ALL DAY. And downtown LA is empty. Downtown Chicago can take u 15 minutes to go a block. FOH
@youtubest5165 Жыл бұрын
literally, highways are always jammed. Not a surprise
@IAMBENNYBLANCO. Жыл бұрын
2nd in the 🌎 world????? 🤔 don't think so
@winstonsmith935 Жыл бұрын
Why would join that rat race everyday
@hannibalkemet9824 Жыл бұрын
A lot of the traffic is due to too many shootings on the expressway.
@koofdome10 ай бұрын
It’s either parking lot for hours on the highway, or take the side streets through the absolute ghettos. Pick one
@eviljesus61113 ай бұрын
Jheeto 💯
@danielnunn76026 ай бұрын
Houston 26 lane highway still doesn't make anything better..
@jacksonrailroad Жыл бұрын
I spent 6 and a half hours in traffic on i94 back in may of 2023
@johnpruitt6104 Жыл бұрын
I swear that there is also been a tone of construction lately. Not just Chicago but everywhere.
@KingJamesKingChaos Жыл бұрын
Also half of Florida has moved here so that's why it's more crowded.
@xoxxobob61 Жыл бұрын
I'm in Florida and nobody is moving to "Tundra" Chicago! Why would anybody leave Florida for Chicago? It's the other way around.
@IAMBENNYBLANCO. Жыл бұрын
luv the sarcasm 😂
@thedirtybubble9613 Жыл бұрын
Is this really true?
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
@@thedirtybubble9613No, Chicago's population is declining lol
@krnpowr Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that I work from home.
@Littlekitten_ Жыл бұрын
your job hiring ?
@krnpowr Жыл бұрын
@@Littlekitten_ Always. But it's 100% commission sales. You eat what you kill.
@Littlekitten_ Жыл бұрын
@@krnpowr nvm, thats hardcore! kuddos to you!
@z37iw47 Жыл бұрын
Do your part to ease traffic congestion. Get your booster shots!
@berge7f91 Жыл бұрын
A condom would have prevented this post
@LEX-hl6wq Жыл бұрын
😂
@IAMBENNYBLANCO. Жыл бұрын
ha! 😆😆😆
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
LOL
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
2nd solution. Ban all gas powered cars. Half the people can't afford EVs 😂
@walterlahaye2128 Жыл бұрын
I’m going with the city of the car as busiest!
@jackgraceson5500 Жыл бұрын
You basically have the freeway network of a mid size metro that may have something to do with it you would think 😂
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
Was built to handle half the traffic basically. That seems to be commonplace in the US, except maybe Texas where they keep expanding their road networks. Are there Texan cities in the top 10 most congested? Probably not
@pantherbulb87 ай бұрын
I bet 3/4 of the cars on that congested highways have one person sitting inside, commuting to work from the suburbs when they could have taken Metra or Pace. I also bet that 1/2 of those commuters work walking distance from Ogilvie, Union, LaSalle, or Millenium stations. These people choose to pollute the city, make traffic worse for everybody else, and then choose to complain about how traffic is SO BAD when THEY are the problem. Unlike the CTA, Metra doesn't have a reputation of being "unsafe". There's no excuse to not take it. Think about it; driving acar into work every day will not only cost more in the moment, but cost more later when the car's lifespan is shortened because of all the commuting. "Oh, well then we should just add more lanes!!!" That's not how it works. Adding lanes creates more congestion because of the constant merging, and all it does is just stretch out the traffic horizonally. It also makes life for people who live near the highway or have to cross it as a pedestrian much worse. Highways don't belong in cities, and that's shown by multiple studies and cities around the world that didn't decide to turn their cities into ugly car centric wastelands with highways acting as barriers. Also, even if those commuters live father than walking distance from Metra stations, they're likely would be commuting within a affluent area to their job, which CTA wouldn't even be "dangerous" in. We think the CTA is "dangerous" because of news articles and comments on KZfaq videos, not from our own personal experiences. I know that CTA needs an overhaul. I know that it can be uncomfortable at first using public transit when living in a car dependent suburb. But just grow up and deal with it. Oh no, there's someone punching the air 20 feet away from you!!! Boohoo, that person isn't even bothering you, why do you care? People who choose to make the city a worse place and drive into or in it when they have other options are extremly selfish to begin with, and for them to be blaming traffic on "bad infrusatructure" or "shitty drivers" and suggest widening the highway that shouldn't be there in the first place make my blood boil. Just know that if you drive into the city each day by yourself every day and have other options, you're the reason why Chicago is now the most congested city in the country and why highways are still here creating uneccesary, outdated, dirty, and loud barriers for residents of our city. Grow up. Chicagoland.
@NoNo-iz8hd Жыл бұрын
Jane Byrne interchanged built at a cost of almost 900 million that hasn’t really changed traffic flow.
@midnick2159 Жыл бұрын
wasting your precious time to traffic is an awful realization. I moved out of Houston to Albany and was surprised how my quality of life improved when I wasn't forcibly beleaguered by vehicles
@111danish111 Жыл бұрын
The Jane Byrne interchangeable has eased up the traffic slightly.
@chief8079 Жыл бұрын
It's a band aid solution if anything
@bobbytippit2171 Жыл бұрын
If drivers weren't so bad it would be better. Stop aggressive driving. And there is a lot more than 3 million people in Chicago
@teresaedwards4025 Жыл бұрын
All those carjackings help with congestion, I'm sure. 🤣
@Jojoworld88 Жыл бұрын
Worser than Los Angeles! 🤔
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
Yeah. We overtook them several years ago. They barely crack the top 5 anymore
@cuts_off_prius Жыл бұрын
LA seemed worse, tbh
@dynamitedingo7720 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I would have thought LA or New York would be number 1
@SOULRELIEF22 Жыл бұрын
I used to preach on those el trains from "85-"87! What an adventure! That was only TRAINING for the Tenderloin ministry out here! GLORY! 🙏🏼🙌🏼👏🏼❤️
@carloselizondo7671 Жыл бұрын
Beef or pork?
@SOULRELIEF22 Жыл бұрын
@@carloselizondo7671 SF's skidrow portion in the Tenderloin! I was well-trained to minister to HUMANS in the "Tenderloin"...who would believe it!! They threw MANY bottles at me there! And snatched my Bible from me, slamming it to the ground, day after day till the cover was ruined! Then JESUS taught me how to make preaching uniforms with Bible covers to match, and THAT stopped the Bible attacks. One man said, "Watch! Everything she wears matches her Bible!" In the Tenderloin I was threatened with a baseball bat! But the LORD didn't allow any one to harm me! HALLELUJAH! 🙏🏼🙌🏼🥰 "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke 10:19! THANK YOU JESUS! 🙏🏼🙌🏼🎺💃
@SOULRELIEF22 Жыл бұрын
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." St John 3:16!❤️
@SOULRELIEF22 Жыл бұрын
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37! WOE
@johnbill3417 Жыл бұрын
How when you can always just take the shoulder
@letzgetmoney1183 Жыл бұрын
I knew I wasn’t tweaking I been saying for the last two years this got to be worst then New York and I ain’t never even been to new York I just seen it on tv . It be so packed especially during rush hour .
@luclongly529 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't be worse than Toronto, Canada. They got traffic day and night.
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
So do we. Toronto is light compared to us, Chicago. It doesn't even take some other US cities
@Eric-sk6wx26 күн бұрын
Don't see how!..I have spent time in BK, Manhattan, and The Bronx..and have fam in LA..Long Beach as well....don't know what formula they are using....😂😂
@KingJamesKingChaos Жыл бұрын
I do not believe this for 1 second.
@ok7943 Жыл бұрын
Cause no one knows how to drive!!!!!!!!
@lemardrickbrown64402 ай бұрын
GOD ALMIGHTY CHRIST JESUS HOLY SPIRIT CAN DO ANYTHING HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH AMEN!!!
@torcik Жыл бұрын
What did you expect with the carjackers on the road. People stop had taking public transportation for fear of getting robbed
@jackmeehof2440 Жыл бұрын
If PT was not ancient……..
@T.S.000 Жыл бұрын
I guess there need to be a lot more carjacking in the city. The carjackers need to work overtime to get rid of cars from the city 🙄🙄🙄
@khawmtiti4460 Жыл бұрын
Ms reporter, no need to say anything, we can see tracffic jams right there in your background. Pictures worth more than thousand word and that is the proof
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
We're #1. You're either 1st or last
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
Congrats
@chi_fonseca701 Жыл бұрын
I work at night thank God lol it's empty asf after like 9pm
@erich84502a Жыл бұрын
Looks like fun
@mar9888z Жыл бұрын
Construction workers are the worst
@lrn_news917111 ай бұрын
Problem is that the poor road conditions need to be fixed lol it's a good thing. Might relieve congestion in the future
@berge7f91 Жыл бұрын
Because everyone wants to live on the North Side perhaps and clogs the Kennedy Expressway?
@FL-lw6kp Жыл бұрын
Ride a bike ya lazy ones lol
@ironaddicted Жыл бұрын
Who wants to take public transportation in chicago??? I'll take my chances getting car jacked, which are still high
@pantherbulb87 ай бұрын
we have one of the best public transit networks in the country...?
@dredre2135 Жыл бұрын
I don’t see how when everyone is moving out
@hueso5071 Жыл бұрын
No they aren’t. People move into Chicago as well. It’s mostly the ghettos that people leave but downtown and the surroundings areas are growing.
@H3MI45 Жыл бұрын
Dude Imagine the traffic in 2043, all the millions of covid babies 😂
@terryslota2224 Жыл бұрын
born and raised in Chi. 50s-80s, i go visit my son in SoCal, i can't believe that Chi. traffic is worse than Cali. Cali. is horrendous, especially on the I5 north and south, it's a parking lot all day long.. i stay in Dana Point, when i go to LA to see the Hawks, it should take about an hour....LOL try over 2 hours, at least.
@alanlangley7246 Жыл бұрын
1st in NON INSURED DRIVERS
@ggv4541 Жыл бұрын
I thought people were leaving Chicago?
@Mari000 Жыл бұрын
You did?
@itsallgood2149 Жыл бұрын
Soon as somebody leave, people come right in lol.
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
Nah. Its all propaganda. Chicago feels like the fastest growing cities. Stupid congestion everywhere. Even in my area of the city, Southwest side. Roads like Pulaski, Cicero, Kedzie become big mall parking lots at any hour until after like 8pm. During rush hour even side residential streets get clogged. And that area of our least dense areas of the city
@justdrive5327 Жыл бұрын
Ive litterally fallen asleep in some of Chicago's traffic from barely moving at all
@hueso5071 Жыл бұрын
Lol. People leave Chicago but people are also moving in. Especially downtown and the surrounding areas are booming.
@cuts_off_prius Жыл бұрын
We need more smart traffic signals. Most intersections are poorly timed. Also there are traffic signals on small intersections when a stop sign, yield sign, or even a roundabout would suffice