================================================ Subject: Re: NCR: speed limit From: "Keith P. Mears" To: Date: Fri 7 Sep 2001 23:16:41 -0500 ================================================ So, to repeat for all those who missed it the FIRST time around, Chicago traffic SUCKS! Keith Mears http://www.geocities.com/sanitarium_sandman/ ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:01 AM Subject: Re: NCR: speed limit > So many options, and yet they all suck. Figures. I tried taking 94 to Old > Orchard Rd. for a LONG time, but i got so sick of sitting there in traffic, I > figured that even with all the stoplights 41 was a better choice. Plus to > take 94 is to go too far West. I'm all the way East, and have to head out > West to 41 or 94, and come almost all the way back to the lake once I get off > at Old Orchard. But if I take Sheridan, which is right on the lake, I'm > dealing with the 35 MPH speed limit almost the entire way. So it's no > quicker. > > > Jen > > In a message dated 9/7/2001 6:50:52 AM Central America Standard Time, > kthulu@COMTECK.COM writes: > > << Straight line distance, it IS closer than that, but with the way the > expressways are set up, there really is NO convenient straight line from > Palos Hills to Buffalo Grove. The most direct way is Route 83 all the way, > but that's about two hours without traffic, because you have to go through > so many other suburbs on your way. The FASTEST way (traffic permitting, of > course) is 294 North to Lake Cook Rd, and then west on Lake Cook. Of > course, that's usually the WORST traffic, so I always went 294 to 88 West to > 355 North, then (again, depending on traffic) 290 until it ends at Lake > Cook. Any way you go, it's a haul. > > Keith Mears >> > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp