Tollway: More traffic before holidays, rate hike after

Dec. 19, 2011
If you’ll be on the toll roads this holiday season, you can expect to share them with 15.4 million other drivers — a three percent increase over last year’s holiday season, according to a statement from the Illinois Tollway.An estimated 200,000 additional cars will use the Tollway on Friday, Decembe

Thankful for the holiday season, not for holiday travel

Nov. 23, 2011
It was almost Thanksgiving, so you know what that means: 'Tis the season for holiday travel.More than 42 million Americans were expected to hit the road this weekend - the most since the recession hit. Jetta Bates Vasilatos joined Eight Forty-Eight in studio to share some travel tips.

Iowa Christmas; Miami New Years

Dec. 27, 2010
By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be speeding from Iowa back to Chicago, where we’ll take the briefest breather and then fly south to Miami. It is what my wife is calling our new holiday arrangement: Christmas with her family, New Year’s with mine.

Protests of full-body scans could slow holiday travelers

Nov. 23, 2010
Loosely organized, internet boycotts of airport body scans could slow down travelers over the Thanksgiving holiday.The National Opt-Out Day protest is scheduled for Wednesday, which is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year.