A truck driver was stabbed while inside his cab leading state police to shut down all northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway near Wilmette for a time this morning. According to CBS 2: "Witnesses said the driver exited the cab of the semi-trailer truck and came onto the roadway clutching his midsection and bleeding profusely." According to the Tribune, two of the lanes were still closed as of 12:30 p.m. UPDATE: CBS 2 reports the truck driver has died. more ›

Chicagoist staffers might have thought was "Lake Hook" road for, oh, years, having only ever heard it and never seen it), the right lane and the shoulder will be closed, and there will be a 45 mph speed limit. Also, IDOT says: more ›

Someday, when we're laying in our death bed, wishing for just a few moments more with our loved ones, we're going to think, "Good God damn, I am dying at 76, and I've lost 146 days of my life sitting in a car." The 2007 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas Transit Institute is out, and guess what? Traffic here sucks balls. In the bad way, not in the fun way. Chicago ranks third in... more ›

It's been barely more than 24 hours since Lance Briggs' brand new $450,000 Lamborghini was found wrapped around a pole on the side of the Edens Expressway. In that time, we have learned that he was in fact driving the car at the time of the accident, and as a result on Monday was charged with leaving the scene of an accident -- a misdemeanor-- and ticketed for failure to immediately notify police of a... more ›

In a story earily similar to one involving a Ferrari on a California road last year, police found an abandoned, crashed exotic car on the Edens Expressway around 3:15am Monday morning. more ›

The northbound Edens Expressway was closed for over seven hours yesterday when a semi truck carrying cooking oil, pigs feet and pig ears turned over, spilling across the three northbound lanes. more ›