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One business that continues to thrive during these unprecedented times is construction, and the Mid-Coast Trolley Expansion project’s good progress has actually been helped by the coronavirus pandemic.

A look at traffic numbers for May-June, according to San Diego’s Regional Planning Agency.

The number of cars on San Diego roads and freeways have increased compared to the beginning of the pandemic. NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews has details on local traffic trends.

California’s statewide stay-at-home order was issued March 19 and since then, San Diego-area freeways have drastically seen a decrease in traffic.

Traffic trends have changed since more people are off the streets and in their homes. NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews explains.

One silver lining from the COVID-19 pandemic is there’s been a notable difference on the roads and rush hour has been nearly non-existent. With this in mind, some drives are taking advantage of the lack of traffic.

With rush hour being non-existent due to stay-at-home orders, some motorists are taking advantage of the emptied roads by speeding. CHP, however, reminds everyone to follow rules since they are still patrolling.

Interstate 805 traffic was slowed to a crawl Wednesday after a driver collided with a pedestrian near Imperial Avenue. The pedestrian died from injuries sustained in the collision, according to the CHP. The collision was reported just before 2 p.m. in southbound lanes. NBC 7’s live traffic map at one point showed traffic backed up near El Cajon Boulevard. Caltrans…

Los Angeles has the top two worst traffic traffic corridors in the nation and is ranked as the sixth most congested city in the U.S., according to an annual study released Monday. Drivers on the stretch of the Santa Ana (5) Freeway from the San Bernardino (10) Freeway to San Gabriel River (605) Freeway waste 20 minutes per day and…

Anyone who regularly drives the 5 Freeway through Burbank will want to set a calendar reminder for what will be one of the most significant freeway closures since the dreaded Carmageddon. A 36-hour weekend closure of the road is schedule for April 25-27 as part of a project to demolish and replace the Burbank Boulevard bridge over the freeway, Caltrans…

A series of overnight closures go into effect Sunday on Interstate 5 for construction of the Mid-Coast Trolley line, officials said.

Several connector ramps and one San Diego County freeway will be closed overnight this weekend for various construction projects, CalTrans said.

With more cars on the road in Chula Vista, emergency crews are responding to crashes in the city at least once a day on average. The South Bay city was recently listed among the top 20 worst commutes in the U.S., having seen a 15% increase in traffic in the last five years. With that many more drivers behind the…

With increased traffic in Chula Vista, emergency personnel has seen an uptick in crashes.

A two-vehicle crash has caused major traffic for evening commuters traveling north on Interstate 5 near the Birmingham Drive exit near Cardiff. The crash was reported at around 5:03 p.m. SkyRanger 7 was over the crash site that showed both cars in the center divide. One car was seen completely turned over. Encinitas Fire Department responded to the scene. One…

A crash on northbound I-5 forced the closure of several lanes and backed up traffic for miles.

An SUV hit a patch of ice on westbound Interstate 64 in Virginia,  triggering a 75-car pileup last month, investigators said. Virginia State Police said in a news release that the driver of a 2008 Chevrolet SUV spun out and was hit by other vehicles at the start of the pile-up shortly before 8 a.m. on Dec. 22, The  Virginian-Pilot reported on…

A Pepsi semi-truck traveling on the northbound 15 Freeway in Fontana Wednesday veered off lanes, trapping the driver in the flipped truck. The crash occurred around 11 a.m. at the Cherry Avenue exit, according to California Highway Patrol information. The semi-truck for unknown reasons went over the k-rail. The driver was trapped in the cab while rescuers worked to get…

The California Highway Patrol arrested a woman for alleged DUI Thursday after a head-on crash left another dead along State Route 76.

A small town off Interstate 15 says it’s waging a David versus Goliath fight where the town of Rainbow is “David” and the popular GPS traffic app Waze is “Goliath.”