Post your commute times..... (Plano, Garland: construction, school, live)

[portorro]

10 minutes on a good one 15 minutes on a bad day Miday and NWHighway to around the Ritz Carelton area. Love the drive. I get to see Bachman Lake, love field airport, the train, the downtown buildings and goat hill and Katy trail each morning. ahhhhhhhhhh i just love the city.

[JE7979]

I'm about to move to Dallas and I'm looking at apartments this weekend. Does anybody commute from the George Bush Turnpike area (close to Plano) down to Downtown Dallas (right next to American Airlines Center)? I will be working right next to the AAC and the area my wife prefers to live in is North Dallas/Plano/Carrollton. I will start at 8am and leave 5pm or after.Any real life commute times would be appreciated! I also have heard varying opinions on the DN Tollway vs. 75.

[Korel]

Originally Posted by JE7979

I'm about to move to Dallas and I'm looking at apartments this weekend. Does anybody commute from the George Bush Turnpike area (close to Plano) down to Downtown Dallas (right next to American Airlines Center)? I will be working right next to the AAC and the area my wife prefers to live in is North Dallas/Plano/Carrollton. I will start at 8am and leave 5pm or after.Any real life commute times would be appreciated! I also have heard varying opinions on the DN Tollway vs. 75.

I use to take the tollway from Plano (Custer and Parker) to Addison (Beltline exit) and it was a bear! On top of it all, I was paying to take that route! I found taking the back roads was a lot faster. For you I might suggest looking into the DART rail. There is a train that does let you off right there at the ACC. I've caught the DART at the northern station in Plano and got off at ACC for the circus. That's the way I would commute. No doubt about it!

[JE7979]

Originally Posted by Korel

I use to take the tollway from Plano (Custer and Parker) to Addison (Beltline exit) and it was a bear! On top of it all, I was paying to take that route! I found taking the back roads was a lot faster. For you I might suggest looking into the DART rail. There is a train that does let you off right there at the ACC. I've caught the DART at the northern station in Plano and got off at ACC for the circus. That's the way I would commute. No doubt about it!

That's been suggested to me, but from what I've seen online, DART only offers that AAC stop during special events. They won't run it on a daily basis until September 2009. We'll hopefully have bought a house by then because we only plan to be in an apartment for around 6 months.

[$DFW8$]

Originally Posted by JE7979

I'm about to move to Dallas and I'm looking at apartments this weekend. Does anybody commute from the George Bush Turnpike area (close to Plano) down to Downtown Dallas (right next to American Airlines Center)? I will be working right next to the AAC and the area my wife prefers to live in is North Dallas/Plano/Carrollton. I will start at 8am and leave 5pm or after.Any real life commute times would be appreciated! I also have heard varying opinions on the DN Tollway vs. 75.

We just moved to Frisco not too long ago and I commute to downtown Dallas everyday and it really is not that bad. I use the Dallas North Tollway and it takes me about 35-40 minutes. Since the tollway costs, many people have switched to 75 which already had a lot of traffic on it, so the tollway is not as bad and 75 is probably a little worse. From Plano, you can use 75 or the DNT. It just depends on traffic, sometimes 75 is faster and sometimes the DNT is faster. From 190 (George Bush Turnpike) and the DNT, it is 16 miles to the AAC. From 75 and 190 to the AAC is 17 miles. So it is about the same distance, but each route will have a different commute time.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by DaveG99

I just moved to Plano. Today was my first commute day. I think posting commute times might answer a lot of questions for people.

From: Legacy and Alma area in Plano
To: Lamar st (downtown Dallas)
Time: 26 minutes left at 6:10am arived at work at 6:36am.

I hate to tell you but today was not typical - school is out and many people didn't go to work. Maybe you should lower your expectations so that you don't pull out your hair next week.

[chicago_transplant]

13-15 minutes from Uptown to 635/Tollway, no matter when I leave and about 5 minutes longer going home during rush hour.

[PlanoGirl]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

I hate to tell you but today was not typical - school is out and many people didn't go to work. Maybe you should lower your expectations so that you don't pull out your hair next week.

True. But if you always leave that time of the morning...it shouldn't be much longer...30-35 min maybe.

[DallasGuy]

My commute varies depending on which office I am going to -

1) Coppell (MacArthur and Beltline) to Las Colinas - About 10 minutes.

2) Coppell (MacArthur and Beltline) to Downtown - 30-45 minutes.

[DFWcommuter]

Rhome TX to 114/I35W (TX motor speedway) = 24 minutes weekdays 06:00 - 07:30
= 35+ minutes weekdays 07:15 - 09:00 when NW school stoplight is letting buses
and cars in and out
=18 minutes weekdays 04:30 - 06:00
114/I35W to Rhome, TX = 45+ minutes weekdays 15:30 - 19:00 when NW school
stoplight is tripping for buses and cars
= 35 minutes 14:00 - 15:30 and days with no school!

114/I35W to I75/I635 = 30 minutes weekdays 04:30 - 06:00
= 50 minutes weekdays 06:00 - 10:00 when traffic off 121 is
flowing at 121/114 in Grapevine slows up back into
southlake
I75/I635 to 114/I35W = 30 minutes weekdays 12:00 - 15:00
= 45+ minutes weedays 15:15 - 19:00 backups at 635/121 &
114/121 in Grapevine


NOTE: problems on 121 will severely back up 114!