THE WOODLANDS — If a major hurricane threatens to strike the Houston area this year, residents hitting the roads may encounter less traffic gridlock than during last year's Hurricane Rita. About $1.35 ...

Despite snow and ice, closure signs and barrels, and heavy machinery to ward away motorists, one driver still made his way into a closed contraflow lane in Dayton, Ohio, and earned himself a ...

NEW ORLEANS — Many who evacuated during Hurricane Katrina have vivid memories of contraflow, in which thousands of cars crawled for miles side-by-side in a desperate attempt to flee New Orleans.

The "contraflow" lane on southbound Interstate 75 through part of central Cincinnati is closed because of snow. The lane – one used to absorb traffic during construction work – extends from just north ...

NEW ORLEANS — Contraflow has not been used to evacuate the New Orleans area since Hurricane Gustav, thanks to the 72-hour notice required to put it into effect and the fact that storms rapidly ...