CHICAGO (NEXSTAR) – Traffic jams are nearly unavoidable on highways and interstates. Sometimes it’s easy to explain — crashes, construction, and sudden influxes of cars, for example. Americans are ...

Remember the days before GPS when you had to recall a route, rely on a map or (gasp!) ask for directions? If you were stuck in a traffic jam and wanted to find an alternate route, those were your ...

Let's be honest about it: phantom traffic jams are real, happen regularly, and look impossible to prevent, especially because all it takes to create one is a single car slowing down. Phantom traffic ...

Last week, we talked about how science has come up with a name and a possible excuse for road rage, and now science has figured out why there are traffic jams. Most of us assume it?s that old chestnut ...

Traffic congestion is a frequent source of stress, anger and anxiety — and the problem, like your car in a traffic jam, isn’t going anywhere soon. Consider these statistics in a recent report from the ...

In addition to route guidance, Google Maps and Waze offer traffic information updated in real-time, therefore signaling the sections of the road where heavy traffic is likely. The two applications use ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Traffic jams are nearly unavoidable on ...