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.

Contraflow, which during evacuations converts all lanes on selected highways in the same direction to move people away from potential harm, is intended to add capacity to get more people out more ...

Evacuees heading north on Interstate 59 on Sunday faced long delays and bumper-to-bumper traffic, as residents of coastal Louisiana and Mississippi converged by the thousands onto the clogged ...

The Texas Department of Transportation on Monday announced which sections of major highways will be changed to contraflow if a major hurricane prompts mandatory evacuations around Houston and ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – As peak hurricane season nears, officials with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEBVTT rtAS IRMA THREATENS FLORIDA,LEADERS HERE IN LOUISIANA METMONDAY TO MAKE SURE THE STATE ISPEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS, LIKErtALEXA DOW, SAY THEY'RE READY.>> I ABSOLUTELY THINK IT ISIMPORTANT TO HAVE A ...