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Old 11-08-2007, 10:19 AM
 
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Hi there,

I live in Bloomingdale right now, but I am trying to relocate to Oak Park. I work in Warrenville, right off I-88 @ Cantera. I was wondering if anyone knows how the commute is like from Oak Park (@ Harlem) to Warrenville (I-88 @ Winfield). If you could give me some insight onto this, that would be wonderful. Perhaps commute time in the morning as well as after work at 5:30 would be great too.
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Old 11-08-2007, 11:26 AM
 
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Youre looking at a good hour to 2 hours, depending. I live right near that area, and its taken me 1.5-2 hours to get to Chicago from I-88 before. Good days take about 35-45 minutes.
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Old 11-08-2007, 01:07 PM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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I've driven that route fairly regularly. From Harlem and I-290, expect about 35-45 minutes. Eisenhower traffic is congested but flows fairly smoothly in the AM. Once you get on I-88, its smooth sailing. Returning to OP in the afternoon will always be worse. Probably an hour or so. Friday afternoons are the worst of all. When the Eisenhower is really bad, sometimes its faster to take Roosevelt Rd.
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Old 11-08-2007, 01:22 PM
 
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Wow, I find that to be quite impressive. Currently, I live in Bloomingdale and when I want to commute to work it takes me about 30-35 minutes to get to my workplace which is on Winfield Road in Warrenville. Oak Park sounds like it will be much worse, but in comparison to the trip I take already - it's really not big loss now is it?

Any idea on when the construction on i-88 will be finished?
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Old 11-08-2007, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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A big factor is how far from the Eisenhower you live. Harlem can be pretty congested and can add another 10-15 minutes if you're not right next to the ike.
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Old 11-08-2007, 02:53 PM
 
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I'm thinking of a really nice place on Clinton avenue, it's on the southside of Oak Park. It's, at most, three blocks from the blue line and 290. So if I started from there, I figure I could get from home to work in about 40 minutes? I already tried coming from Oak Park to my workplace once when I had to leave from a friend's place and it took me less time to get there than it takes me now from my home in Bloomingdale. So immediately I considered it to be an outlier as I always have been taught to believe that anything close to the city means traffic!

Coming back on i-88 is ok, I take it. But Friday, I know friday must be a killer.

Ali
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