Driving I-90 East to Chicago

[pheonixltt]

Thats were im moving!

[Duluth07]

I love these timelapse videos - especially if you workout at home, with the high energy music, it's great motivation and fun to watch! I'd like to make a video this summer of my travels from Duluth - International Falls; and the longest routes from Winnipeg to Yellowknife, NWT & Windsor, ON to Ottawa, ON.

[TehSmellulare]

I love the lights of the oncoming traffic around the 2 minute mark. Chicago is a happening place!

[trimkabashi]

Hi Eluko, might I ask what you use to shoot your videos? I'm impressed by the general quality of your videos, particularly at night. Thanks!

[eluko79]

@trimkabashi I use a flip HD but I had to do some editing to brighten the video. I wouldn't recommend it for night shots.

[kingzo72788]

I would feel so weird and out off place if i went to Chicago. One im from the south so i maybe wont fit in so well to the northern ways and the cold wheater. Two im from a small city Birmingham AL. Well Birmingham is the biggest city in Alabama but it seems like a small city compared to the other major cities in US. I would love to go to Chicago and maybe live there its jus so far away.

[eluko79]

@kingzo72788 No one is really out of place in Chicago so you don't have to worry about that. With just a short 10 hour drive you could be there by tonight!

[outlawcountryman]

@kingzo72788 im from south carolina and i know what you mean, i moved from simpsonville ' a small ass town" to chicago, it really showed me how big the world is in a sense, chicago was a fun town and there is plenty to do, i felt outta place for a while, but after your there for a month you'll submerge into the whole thing.

[AlvinHDavernport]

@kingzo72788 I think Chicago is a very welcoming city, both physically and in terms of the people, and as eluko said I doubt you'd feel out of place. People up in Chicago are quite warm and hospitable everywhere you go, and there's all kinds of environments within the Chicagoland area, going from Manhattan-type urban to typical Midwestern rural.

[raf1919]

Great vid.. brings back memories that's the route we use to take go to into city on weekends.. great times. thx for great vid!

[shanessworld]

Thats a cool vid at night

[8RAPS]

See LA,Chicago Freeways See Most Traffic

[effen51]

Fullerton...home sweet home :) in lincoln park

[Fanik10]

Excellent Job!!

[ghaslerud]

You must have done this in October because of all the pink on the buildings. I love this vid and the music :)

[eluko79]

@ghaslerud Thank you!

[jayrodbtown78102]

did Yall Know that DFW metro is on course to top Chicago in 5 to 8 yrs in pop.? and come close or pass L.A metro in pop. Texas is da place to be nowindays !!! Houston or DFW U pick!!

[DarkCloudff7]

@jayrodbtown78102 chicago will remain 3rd for the next 25 years according to last years census

[ps3or360idontknow]

@jayrodbtown78102 chicago is better than both those cities. and most definitely nobody is moving to your tornado prone cities. wait until the next census or 4 years from now, the pop. in chicago is going to soar.

[AlvinHDavernport]

@ps3or360idontknow It's not that Chicago is better, it's that it's a completely different city from those two. Houston and Dallas offer things that Chicago doesn't and vice versa.

[Hooozyer]

THANK YOU. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

SPEED LIMIT 40? IS FUNNY.

[Hooozyer]

THANK YOU. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

[Bradhahn14]

Y'know,, Eluko, I currently live in Peoria, IL, which is only a three hour drive from Chicago. You could've stopped by and recorded footage for your time lapse videos! Oh wait.... we only have three major "freeways" through Peoria: I-74, I-474 and Illinois Route 6. Neeeevermind. I suppose you'd need a lot of freeway to shoot vids. Nice vid though!

[eluko79]

@Bradhahn14 That is a lot of freeway though. I'll try to film I-74 if I can get to St. Louis this year. Ive been wanting to see that for a while.

[Hstylezx408]

Great video!! Chicago really needs to upgrade all of their freeways though the city tends to spend more money on mass transit. Houston is just the opposite; upgrading roads>mass transit. Name of song plz

[eluko79]

@Hstylezx408 NeuK - Never Forget

[TheNate1810]

I love this video!! I've traveled that leg of I-90 into downtown chicago soo many times!! On a good day, you can see the skyline about 20 miles away!! That put right around the O-hare area! Great video!!!

[adrianroam95]

nice expresslanes there. kinda like how I-5 thru seattle's set up.

[Freewayjim]

Excellent video and production as well as a great route. Nice to see the roads are so well lit, fling that away for future reference :)

[eluko79]

@Freewayjim Nice! Thanks Jim!

[FreewayBrent]

Anyway, great overall video and excellent views of my favorite skyline in the country. Going to the favorites section.

[eluko79]

@FreewayBrent Thanks Brent. Glad you liked it. You're right about the traffic being the way it is. I spent over half that day stuck on the ryan and kennedy. I thought it'd be lighter on saturdays but nope.

[FreewayBrent]

Man, I dunno how in the heck I didn't see this video until now. Damn, you have really started to utilize the editing to the fullest in your most recent videos. Love it.

The Kennedy Expwy; that roadway easily ranks up there with the worst I've seen anywhere in Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay Area. Back in 2006, even after 10 p.m., I still spent almost 1 hour driving the Kennedy from the Loop to the I-90/I-94 split. Situation may have improved since, with the current economy...

[coldsteel2204]

I need to go back to Chicago again to see family! I do like the Illinois roadways better. One thing I learned when I went to Chicago many years back is that drivers don't screw around. They got a place to go and GET to.

[WiiGoGetter]

i bet its backed up a lot in rush hour there. i counted 10 lanes at the most for 330000 cars a day thats unless theres HOV lanes witch i think i see

[Speeder105]

@WiiGoGetter Those lanes in the middle of the Expressway are actually reversible Express lanes.

[edgexxi]

Funny thing; when I first heard of the Dan Ryan Expwy, I thought of the former sportcaster here in Tucson of the same name. I knew from the beginning that wasn't right. :)

[eluko79]

@edgexxi Funnier thing actually. The Twin Cities has a Dave Ryan that does morning shows on the radio. The name reminds me of that too. haha.

[pretty7881]

i is movin to duluth:(

[eluko79]

@pretty7881 Cheer up! Duluth's a kickass town. You got cliffs and waterfalls, huge bridges, a busy downtown, and a pretty cool road network.

[islandofthemoon]

That is an EXCELLENT video. And one thing Illinois does well is highway signage; I give them an A-.

[ScrewdUPClickV2]

Thats is how a night video is done .. perfect

[CAMINOANDALUZ]

Thank you so much for this!. Great job! - It just blows my mind...

[Bryant5493]

Nice vid, Luke. I don't know how missed this one. I love how the BGS slide in and slide out like, with the block numbers on the signs. Again, nicely done.

[rare12inchsingles]

nice vid.. i was just on that stretch of road a couple months back.

[rad1965]

Really well done. i can tell u put a lot of hard work and hours into this. Love the timelapse and the information along the way..Awesome

[EnjoyFirefighting]

awesome vid!

A police car at 3:53 with only blue lights?

[riolindasucks]

That downtown interchange is a real pile of crap. IL has no average interchanges. They are either really great: (80@355, 55@355, 88@355, 290@355, 80/294@94/394, 88@294, 57@94, 90/94@55) Or they are really shitty (both 290 termini at either end of 90, 294@55, 290@294 and my favorite 294@57 where there is NO interchange (one is in the works though FINALLY). They rebuilt 80@55 but left it as a goddamn cloverleaf. IL kills me.

[jonboi525]

Excellent!

[eluko79]

@jonboi525 Thank you!

[FreewayTitan]

THIS. IS. AWESOME. My city Represented with the greatest of ease. I'll be back soon!

[eluko79]

@FreewayTitan Thanks!

[uptownbronze]

Man, I'm loving this. Thanks so much by giving Chi-town its day. UB

[eluko79]

@uptownbronze Sure, No problem. I've been wanting to for some time.

[Zacksproductions1]

Hey! Go past wriglely field and right behind it is cornilia street..please go on that!! hahaha

[eluko79]

@Zacksproductions1 I just might. I'm thinking of doing a tour of Clark St.

[OnThatPowder]

Awesome!!! great vid man

[eluko79]

@OnThatPowder Thanks!

[AlvinHDavernport]

Ah, Chicago, how I miss you. Best fucking city in the world.

I always thought of Chicago drivers as a remarkably decent bunch. That's why my eyes almost popped out at 2:12. Such a Houston thing to do, man.

[eluko79]

@AlvinHDavernport Apart from the cabbies on Michigan Ave, they were very courteous. Same with Milwaukee.

[dave11686]

I hope you enjoyed the trip to my city!

[eluko79]

@dave11686 It was awesome! Well worth the 8 hour drive.