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Posted by Wayne R. on April 8, 2010, 9:15 am


When I'm attempting to cruise the highways in Chicago, the traffic
data in my snappy GPS is frequently right on, but not always. There
are a lot of radio reports of traffic that should be more useful - but
because the radio people only refer to highways by their names (not
numbers), I am usually completely stumped.

Here's a good description:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and_freeways_in_Chicago>

I'm looking for a simple friggin map (more a diagram, really) that
also shows these names. And "The Circle" and the other names that
don't show up on the usual maps. Maybe also reminders of other lingo
(took me a while to realize the gobbledygook syllables meant "gaper's
delay", for instance).

You'd think it'd be easy to find, but I haven't found it yet. Maybe
one of my compadres here knows of such a thing?

It's enough of a pain in the ass here, for fuck's sake.

Posted by Owen McKenzie on April 8, 2010, 7:17 pm


Wayne R. wrote:
> When I'm attempting to cruise the highways in Chicago, the traffic
> data in my snappy GPS is frequently right on, but not always. There
> are a lot of radio reports of traffic that should be more useful - but
> because the radio people only refer to highways by their names (not
> numbers), I am usually completely stumped.
> Here's a good description:
> I'm looking for a simple friggin map (more a diagram, really) that
> also shows these names. And "The Circle" and the other names that
> don't show up on the usual maps. Maybe also reminders of other lingo
> (took me a while to realize the gobbledygook syllables meant "gaper's
> delay", for instance).
> You'd think it'd be easy to find, but I haven't found it yet. Maybe
> one of my compadres here knows of such a thing?
> It's enough of a pain in the ass here, for fuck's sake.

I would suggest that you print the Wiki map & write on it using the info
from there. It seems pretty complete & accurate. Combine that with a map
from Google of the appropriate size to find street names mentioned. If you
label it once you should be good.

Lived there for 40+ years.

--
Owen McKenzie
Posting from Largo, FL

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien
power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a president
and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters
of this country." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt