Study: Chicago is most congested city in the country, 2nd in the world

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2023
  • WGN's Alyssa Donovan reports on the story.

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  • @j-rschmoove
    @j-rschmoove Год назад +24

    I been telling people this for years. I lived in California. Chicago traffic is HORRIBLE and it’s all day!!!!

    • @justdrive5327
      @justdrive5327 Год назад

      Nights too. It just gets alittle better. I have a couple videos of how bad nights can get

  • @Cnoted33
    @Cnoted33 Год назад +22

    Mainly due to Poor protection with Public Transportation- now everybody drives!

    • @paulieprinceton4550
      @paulieprinceton4550 Год назад

      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.

    • @DosDonts101
      @DosDonts101 7 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @OperationChicago
    @OperationChicago Год назад +23

    Trains and CTA security sucks so they drive now :(

    • @meghansullivan6812
      @meghansullivan6812 Год назад +3

      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
      @OperationChicago Год назад

      @@meghansullivan6812 I think that is asking for to much, please stop :(

  • @bobloblaw6311
    @bobloblaw6311 Год назад +7

    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.

  • @SirEnzo371
    @SirEnzo371 Год назад +26

    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
      @sean2015 Год назад +2

      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
      @mic1240 Год назад +2

      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
      @SirEnzo371 Год назад +1

      @@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
      @mic1240 Год назад

      @@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
      @SirEnzo371 Год назад

      @@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.

  • @stansmith8206
    @stansmith8206 Год назад +6

    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.

  • @brucenome989
    @brucenome989 Год назад +6

    I thought it was Atlanta and Los Angeles was the top traffic City but Chicago shocked me

  • @michealklee8844
    @michealklee8844 Год назад +5

    FYI we have a lot of Coastel truck driving coming through our highways which also does a lot of damage

  • @justdrive5327
    @justdrive5327 Год назад +9

    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

  • @beback_
    @beback_ 8 месяцев назад +1

    Any city of this size and density needs a fast, frequent and extensive rail transit system. The L is none of those things.

  • @justrandomthings319
    @justrandomthings319 Год назад +5

    No way Chicago is more congested than Atlanta.

    • @hueso5071
      @hueso5071 Год назад +3

      Chicago has a bigger population.

    • @justrandomthings319
      @justrandomthings319 Год назад +1

      @@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
      @hueso5071 Год назад

      @@justrandomthings319 I see

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 9 месяцев назад

      @@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.

    • @lauralee5380
      @lauralee5380 2 месяца назад

      Atlanta is the hub of transportation , of all three air, road and transit. They built their roads according

  • @Baseball1984
    @Baseball1984 Год назад +2

    Crazy when so many people telework.

  • @JohnAckerman93
    @JohnAckerman93 Год назад +4

    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
      @meghansullivan6812 Год назад +1

      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_
      @beback_ 8 месяцев назад +1

      Bike lanes are needed on every major street.

  • @thomask4836
    @thomask4836 Год назад +6

    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.

  • @timwilsey3655
    @timwilsey3655 Год назад +6

    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
      @j-rschmoove Год назад

      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
      @Codi892 Год назад

      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
      @justdrive5327 Год назад +1

      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
      @AlphaTroll Год назад

      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
      @j-rschmoove Год назад

      @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

  • @ajax7ox729
    @ajax7ox729 Год назад +2

    Public transportation is usless because it doesn't go anywhere

    • @beback_
      @beback_ Год назад

      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.

  • @zotiac1231
    @zotiac1231 Год назад +2

    This is unacceptable. BAN ASSAULT CARS.

  • @greekfire1875
    @greekfire1875 Год назад +3

    To be fair, the circle was especially messy last year with construction. Hopefully it isn't too bad going forward.

  • @stebbiej
    @stebbiej Год назад +2

    Chicago traffic is really not bad. Try new york, Atlanta, LA hell even Houston

  • @jacksonrailroad
    @jacksonrailroad 10 месяцев назад

    I spent 6 and a half hours in traffic on i94 back in may of 2023

  • @beback_
    @beback_ Год назад +2

    Just build one more lane! It'll solve the problem!

  • @youtubest5165
    @youtubest5165 Год назад +1

    literally, highways are always jammed. Not a surprise

  • @johnpruitt6104
    @johnpruitt6104 Год назад

    I swear that there is also been a tone of construction lately. Not just Chicago but everywhere.

  • @pantherbulb8
    @pantherbulb8 5 месяцев назад

    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 RUclips 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
    @NoNo-iz8hd Год назад

    Jane Byrne interchanged built at a cost of almost 900 million that hasn’t really changed traffic flow.

  • @111danish111
    @111danish111 Год назад

    The Jane Byrne interchangeable has eased up the traffic slightly.

    • @chief8079
      @chief8079 Год назад

      It's a band aid solution if anything

  • @hannibalkemet9824
    @hannibalkemet9824 Год назад +1

    A lot of the traffic is due to too many shootings on the expressway.

  • @koofdome
    @koofdome 8 месяцев назад

    It’s either parking lot for hours on the highway, or take the side streets through the absolute ghettos. Pick one

  • @danielnunn7602
    @danielnunn7602 3 месяца назад

    Houston 26 lane highway still doesn't make anything better..

  • @KingJamesKingChaos
    @KingJamesKingChaos Год назад +1

    Also half of Florida has moved here so that's why it's more crowded.

    • @xoxxobob61
      @xoxxobob61 Год назад +2

      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.
      @IAMBENNYBLANCO. Год назад +1

      luv the sarcasm 😂

    • @thedirtybubble9613
      @thedirtybubble9613 Год назад

      Is this really true?

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 9 месяцев назад

      @@thedirtybubble9613No, Chicago's population is declining lol

  • @letzgetmoney1183
    @letzgetmoney1183 Год назад

    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 .

  • @gregoryguerrier963
    @gregoryguerrier963 Год назад +4

    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
      @hueso5071 Год назад

      I agree with LA but not Atlanta.

  • @jackgraceson5500
    @jackgraceson5500 Год назад +1

    You basically have the freeway network of a mid size metro that may have something to do with it you would think 😂

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 9 месяцев назад

      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

  • @krnpowr
    @krnpowr Год назад +2

    I'm so glad that I work from home.

    • @Littlekitten_
      @Littlekitten_ Год назад

      your job hiring ?

    • @krnpowr
      @krnpowr Год назад +1

      @@Littlekitten_ Always. But it's 100% commission sales. You eat what you kill.

    • @Littlekitten_
      @Littlekitten_ Год назад +1

      @@krnpowr nvm, thats hardcore! kuddos to you!

  • @midnick2159
    @midnick2159 Год назад

    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

  • @IAMBENNYBLANCO.
    @IAMBENNYBLANCO. Год назад +2

    2nd in the 🌎 world????? 🤔 don't think so

  • @walterlahaye2128
    @walterlahaye2128 Год назад +1

    I’m going with the city of the car as busiest!

  • @SOULRELIEF22
    @SOULRELIEF22 Год назад +4

    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
      @carloselizondo7671 Год назад +1

      Beef or pork?

    • @SOULRELIEF22
      @SOULRELIEF22 Год назад +1

      @@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
      @SOULRELIEF22 Год назад +1

      "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
      @SOULRELIEF22 Год назад +1

      "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

  • @teresaedwards4025
    @teresaedwards4025 Год назад

    All those carjackings help with congestion, I'm sure. 🤣

  • @johnbill3417
    @johnbill3417 Год назад

    How when you can always just take the shoulder

  • @dynamitedingo7720
    @dynamitedingo7720 Год назад

    Wow, I would have thought LA or New York would be number 1

  • @erich84502a
    @erich84502a Год назад

    Looks like fun

  • @luclongly529
    @luclongly529 Год назад

    Couldn't be worse than Toronto, Canada. They got traffic day and night.

    • @justdrive5327
      @justdrive5327 Год назад

      So do we. Toronto is light compared to us, Chicago. It doesn't even take some other US cities

  • @torcik
    @torcik Год назад

    What did you expect with the carjackers on the road. People stop had taking public transportation for fear of getting robbed

  • @bobbytippit2171
    @bobbytippit2171 Год назад

    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

  • @Jojoworld88
    @Jojoworld88 Год назад +1

    Worser than Los Angeles! 🤔

    • @justdrive5327
      @justdrive5327 Год назад

      Yeah. We overtook them several years ago. They barely crack the top 5 anymore

  • @winstonsmith935
    @winstonsmith935 Год назад +2

    Why would join that rat race everyday

  • @berge7f91
    @berge7f91 Год назад

    Because everyone wants to live on the North Side perhaps and clogs the Kennedy Expressway?

  • @z37iw47
    @z37iw47 Год назад +6

    Do your part to ease traffic congestion. Get your booster shots!

    • @berge7f91
      @berge7f91 Год назад

      A condom would have prevented this post

    • @LEX-hl6wq
      @LEX-hl6wq Год назад

      😂

    • @IAMBENNYBLANCO.
      @IAMBENNYBLANCO. Год назад

      ha! 😆😆😆

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 9 месяцев назад

      LOL

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 9 месяцев назад

      2nd solution. Ban all gas powered cars. Half the people can't afford EVs 😂

  • @KingJamesKingChaos
    @KingJamesKingChaos Год назад

    I do not believe this for 1 second.

  • @justdrive5327
    @justdrive5327 Год назад

    We're #1. You're either 1st or last

  • @khawmtiti4460
    @khawmtiti4460 Год назад

    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

  • @jackmeehof2440
    @jackmeehof2440 Год назад

    If PT was not ancient……..

  • @T.S.000
    @T.S.000 Год назад +1

    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 🙄🙄🙄

  • @terryslota2224
    @terryslota2224 Год назад

    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.

  • @whatzitttooya5837
    @whatzitttooya5837 Год назад

    LA seemed worse, tbh

  • @lemardrickbrown6440
    @lemardrickbrown6440 14 дней назад

    GOD ALMIGHTY CHRIST JESUS HOLY SPIRIT CAN DO ANYTHING HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH AMEN!!!

  • @ok7943
    @ok7943 Год назад +1

    Cause no one knows how to drive!!!!!!!!

  • @FL-lw6kp
    @FL-lw6kp Год назад +1

    Ride a bike ya lazy ones lol

  • @dredre2135
    @dredre2135 Год назад

    I don’t see how when everyone is moving out

    • @hueso5071
      @hueso5071 Год назад +1

      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.

  • @ironaddicted
    @ironaddicted Год назад +1

    Who wants to take public transportation in chicago??? I'll take my chances getting car jacked, which are still high

    • @pantherbulb8
      @pantherbulb8 5 месяцев назад

      we have one of the best public transit networks in the country...?

  • @mar9888z
    @mar9888z Год назад

    Construction workers are the worst

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 9 месяцев назад

      Problem is that the poor road conditions need to be fixed lol it's a good thing. Might relieve congestion in the future

  • @chi_fonseca701
    @chi_fonseca701 Год назад +1

    I work at night thank God lol it's empty asf after like 9pm

  • @H3MI45
    @H3MI45 Год назад

    Dude Imagine the traffic in 2043, all the millions of covid babies 😂

  • @ggv4541
    @ggv4541 Год назад

    I thought people were leaving Chicago?

    • @Mari000
      @Mari000 Год назад +2

      You did?

    • @itsallgood2149
      @itsallgood2149 Год назад +2

      Soon as somebody leave, people come right in lol.

    • @justdrive5327
      @justdrive5327 Год назад +4

      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
      @justdrive5327 Год назад +2

      Ive litterally fallen asleep in some of Chicago's traffic from barely moving at all

    • @hueso5071
      @hueso5071 Год назад +1

      Lol. People leave Chicago but people are also moving in. Especially downtown and the surrounding areas are booming.

  • @alanlangley7246
    @alanlangley7246 Год назад

    1st in NON INSURED DRIVERS

  • @whatzitttooya5837
    @whatzitttooya5837 Год назад

    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