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Kye Martin
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Traffic Anchor at NBC Chicago
Traffic Headlines, 5-30-25: IDOT with some progress on the OB Kennedy - Exp. Lanes to ORD option ready by Sunday morning (!) Cubs at home, The Weeknd at Soldier Field, Huge Garfield Park/West Side 13.1 with UIC Parking Shuttle. @nbcchicago.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Traffic Headlines, 5-23-25: Holiday Travel Weekend - most travelers taking a road trip. Festivals, White Sox, AC/DC in Chicago, car flips off Stevenson at Pulaski off-ramp. @nbcchicago.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Traffic Headlines, 5-21-25: Murky, misty morning with fog lingering for the AM Commute. Fire Act. at 90th/Laflin in Chicago. Bridge Lifts along Chicago River, 9a, Mariners @ Sox, 1:10p @nbcchicago.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#CommuterAlert in Western Suburbs: all lanes WB I-88 down for deadly crash at Rte. 53 in Lisle. 2 passenger vehicles involved. Take I-355 SB to Ogden or Maple, travel WB to Naperville Rd to get back on I-88. @nbcchicago.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Traffic Headlines, 5-16-25: Storm damage cleanup across North and Northwest sides of Chicago/Skokie, Wrigley hosting Crosstown 1:20p, I-57 traveling into Dan Ryan, street lights spotty - use caution. @nbcchicago.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Traffic Headlines, 5-7-25: Serious Motorcycle crash in Oak Lawn at 95th/Cicero, Real ID Enforcement at airports underway from TSA, Bridge Lifts in Chicago, Cubs have a day game.
May 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Traffic Headlines, 5-6-25: Another long line at Clark/Lake for Real ID in Chicago's Loop. High Drive Times on all Expressways, esp. Kennedy Work Zone. Cubs another night game, 6:40p at Wrigley.
May 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Traffic Headlines, 5-1-25: Long Lines at Clark/Lake Real ID Supercenter in Chicago. Sox try to play today, 1:10p. Slow drive times and wet conditions on Expressways and Tollways, May Day Rally-goers walk from Union to Grant Parks midday.
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May 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Traffic Headlines, 4-28-25: State St. Bridge Out for about 7 mo., La Grange Rd in Frankfort, lanes reduced over Hickory Creek till Sept., Charli XCX in Rosemont, and Busy I-190 to O'Hare
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April 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Asphalt dried now: Indiana State Police, 'I-65 SB at S.R. 2 is OPEN!' @nbcchicago.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Message from Indiana State Police: "BAD NEWS! I-65 southbound remains closed at S.R. 2 (exit 230) in Lowell for road resurfacing as a result of yesterday's fire. Estimated time for reopening? NOON!" @nbcchicago.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
@chicagocta.bsky.social I wish you would update major incidents here - now that you have left X!

Green Line service has been temporarily suspended between Ashland/Lake and Harlem/Lake due to CFD Act. at Laramie.

Trains operating between Ashland/63rd, and 63rd/Cottage Grove AND Ashland/Lake.
April 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
April 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Reposted by Kye Martin
We’re rolling forward!

By this time next year, CTA will have SIX newly reconstructed and fully accessible rail stations!

Today, CTA celebrated the progress made as part of the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP).
April 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
THIS IS BIG... 5 times bigger than the old Loop DMV in fact. @nbcchicago.com www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/f...
'First-of-its-kind' Secretary of State office to open in Chicago Loop
The facility will be a two-story DMV located at 125 W. Monroe St. in Chicago.
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April 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
On his way... our coyote friend in urban Streeterville. @evrodcassimy.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Kennedy Inbound, and Dan Ryan Inbound bore the brunt of the delays during the Tuesday morning commute, with NEW roadwork starting in the Outbound Kennedy 2 LLs from Ontario/Armitage. Realistically, it could be a couple weeks to figure out the new 'flow'

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March 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Chicago Commuters: Phase 3 of the 3-year, $169M Bridge Rehab Project is underway on the Outbound Kennedy (downtown to O'hare). First few days are always a bit rough... tune in as we help out... @nbcchicago.com #Roadwork #travelmidwest
March 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Traffic flowing again at Terminal 2 arrivals at ORD after an early morning shooting outside baggage claim injures a man. @nbcchicago.com we have updates this morning.
March 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
BNSF train service has resumed due to a pedestrian being struck by train #1228. Some trains may be operating with extensive delays into Union Sta. Metra will provide more as information becomes available.

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February 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Green Line Serious Delays: covering on @nbcchicago.com
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CTA Customer Alert Details - CTA
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February 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'll stick to traffic reporting... game shows are harder than I thought! Check out a new activity at Oakbrook Center:

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We had a lot of fun checking out this activity in Oakbrook Center... will be back for a re-match! ha! Alicia Roman Evrod Cassimy Michelle Relerford... | By Kye Martin | Facebook
We had a lot of fun checking out this activity in Oakbrook Center... will be back for a re-match! ha! Alicia Roman Evrod Cassimy Michelle Relerford...
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February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Kye Martin
A woman allegedly tried to smuggle a quarter-million dollars worth of cocaine in a wheelchair cushion at O'Hare www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...
Woman arrested at O'Hare with $238K of cocaine in her wheelchair cushions: Feds
Federal agents found 14 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the cushions of a wheelchair belonging to a woman whose plane landed at O’Hare International Airport over the weekend during a trip from Brazil t...
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January 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
@jeremyscott.bsky.social As a big race fan, what would you ask the President of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race? Interviewing her later this AM on @nbcchicago.com ...
January 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM