Traffic is back to pre-pandemic levels and, yes, it's terrible
If you've driven on any interstate or highway in East Tennessee, you know the traffic is bad. Would you believe we used to live like this every day pre-pandemic?
Author: Shannon Smith
Updated: 5:41 PM EDT May 19, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It's 5 o'clock on a Wednesday. You just got off work and it's sunny out, so you're excited to get home. Maybe you'll go for a jog, maybe you'll have a drink on your patio.
But first, you have to get through what some could argue is the most agonizing part of the day.