I-90 commute from Wicker Park (Des Plaines, Bensenville: living in, area, maps)

[eneal123]

How bad is the commute time in the mornings if I am living in Wicker Park and working in Bensenville? The shift can start at 8 or 9am. Google maps has it at 28 minutes (40 min with traffic). Is this realistic? I am from the Detroit area and have no idea.

[Jesse69]

I used to drive from Wicker Park to Des Plaines and it was like 37 to 43 minutes. Might be a similar drive to your's.

[Avengerfire]

45 minutes to an hour (on a good day) is way more realistic.

[chet everett]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

45 minutes to an hour (on a good day) is way more realistic.

Throw in a Cubs game or a multicar accident or even some heavy rain that back up O'Hare and WHAM that is easy over an hour. In a major rush hour snow storm that could doubled.

I know that the corridor times are measured by the road sensors and that data is accurate, but I suspect that the wee hours of the night and morning when there is no traffic skew the travel times far away from the true rush hour conditions.

[Chi-town Native]

absolutely go with the 8 am shift, much lighter traffic getting out of the City (and most likely coming back, assuming you'd be getting off work an hour earlier).

[rockinrolla]

You may find it faster taking local at times, ie, grand to franklin to york.