side roads in and out..i just got back from a trip to Chicago with a SUV full of stuff for my Daughter. i have only been there once before and that was passing thru on the way south on the tollway.a trip i said i would never do again.Minneapolis can get busy but its nothing next to Chicago traffic..this trip i had to get into Evanston.i'll just leave the ride down Touhy ave at nite out of this..on the way out a few days later i thought 41 to Milwaukee might be a good escape route--wrong--while sitting in traffic i went over the map looking at side roads to places like Vernon Hills and maybe 14 to Big Foot..i would be happy to drive a side road twice the miles and keep moving than stay on a jamed up freeway.