If you’ve ever been to the SF Bay Area, can you imagine driving for 45 minutes along El Camino? It’s unheard of. Who in their right mind would drive along that 35 mile per hour road (with all of its traffic lights) when the 101 and 280 surround El Camino?
Here in the Northwest suburbs, it’s common to drive along local roads to get from one destination to another. Today, for example, I drove from Palatine to Evanston along a bunch of local roads. The 20 mile trip took 45 minutes! A comparable Bay Area trip takes 26 minutes.
