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Driving from the north shore of Chicago (Evanston/Wilmette/Winnetka) to downtown takes anywhere from 45mins - 90mins depending on traffic. Taking the Metra (com
by halfmatthalfcat 1y ago
Driving from the north shore of Chicago (Evanston/Wilmette/Winnetka) to downtown takes anywhere from 45mins - 90mins depending on traffic. Taking the Metra (commuter rail) is a guaranteed 30mins. There's no contest.
- josephcsible 1y agoGoogle Maps says Evanston to Chicago by transit right now takes 1 hour and 24 minutes.
- halfmatthalfcat 1y agoCool, you didn't even read my comment.
- josephcsible 1y agoHuh? You said it was a guaranteed 30 minutes. I went to verify that for myself and am pointing out the discrepancy I saw.
- halfmatthalfcat 1y agoSo it says that taking the Metra takes an hour and a half?
- simonsarris 1y agoThe Metra dumps you somewhere downtown that's nowhere near [pick many addresses downtown], and hence is slower.
- josephcsible 1y agoWhoops, it turns out Google was showing me the L and not the Metra, because the Metra's headways are so far apart today that you'd get there sooner by taking the much-slower L than you would by waiting for the next Metra. But even when I do pick the Metra, it's still showing a 50 minute journey.
- halfmatthalfcat 1y agoDavis to OTC is 30mins so not sure what you’re looking at.
- freedomben 1y agoPeople not actually reading comments is indeed a common and frustrating thing on the internet (HN is better but still has it's share of issues), but in this case I don't think your comment said what you think it said, or you didn't read his comment
- halfmatthalfcat 1y agoWe’re making two different points. His argument though makes no sense when evaluating public transit since “I can jump in my car whenever I want” has never been a cogent argument against the efficiency of public transit.
- simonsarris 1y agoI picked a random address in Evanston and a random one downtown and we're looking at 35m by car or 1h 7m by train, assuming that I catch the first train (comes every 20m) edit: the metra wasn't considered because it takes longer but what's worse, the station near Evanston trains run every 60 minutes! If you're timing is perfect its still far worse than a car, and if your timing is bad, sheesh.
- queenkjuul 1y agoAt rush hour trains run every 20 minutes or better. A rush hour train does indeed take 30 minutes between Davis and OTC (tomorrow's 7:11 is scheduled for 29min) You are absolutely not, without question, making that drive in under 75 minutes at rush hour. Obviously the equation changes at different times of day, but the vast majority of trips between downtown Evanston and downtown Chicago are office workers.
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