Cincinnati.com Traffic app: Download it now

You're already late to bring the kids to school before your daily commute to work, and you haven't even left the house yet. If traffic is a mess, there's no way you'll make your 9:30 a.m. meeting. Will the highways be backed up more than usual? Should you take a different route?

The Cincinnati.com Traffic app for iPhone provides the latest traffic updates straight from our breaking news team so you can find out before you leave the house if there's a major issue you need to avoid.

The Traffic app gives you more than just red and green lines on a map: It has everything you need to know to get the kids to school and get yourself to work on time. Cincinnati.com's breaking news team works around the clock to bring you the latest updates on incidents that will affect your commute, drive to school or football practice and anywhere in between.

The app also allows you to personalize your routes and get updates when there are incidents on those routes. It gives you alternative routes so you can avoid the incident altogether, and even sends alerts detailing what time you should depart in order to reach your destination on time.

Don't want push alerts for incidents that don't affect you? Choose the highways you travel the most and only receive alerts when there are incidents on those highways.

You can also get up-to-date weather information and check out traffic cameras along your route so you can see for yourself how traffic is moving.

When winter comes, the app will even list school closings and delays.

The Cincinnati.com Traffic app has everything you need to know to get where you're going.