Albany Park to Oak Park Suggestions?

So I have to get to Oak Park from Albany Park Tuesdays and Thursdays. I can take the el, but I would like to ride my bike if possible at all. I have to be in Oak Park between 2-8pm.

This is what I came up with for now ... any comments would be very much appreciated.

Foster to Cicero, to Division, to Ridgeland - anything I should be aware of? The city crews have been working on repaving Cicero for a while now, so hopefully it will be smooth riding, but who knows.

Or
Lawrence to Central, to Division, to Ridgeland, to Superior?

Or
?????

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Permalink Reply by Jared on September 8, 2009 at 11:02am
I'd take Oak Park Avenue if that makes sense for you. Cicero has got to be one of the worse streets for cycling in Chicago.
Permalink Reply by Kohaku on September 8, 2009 at 2:39pm
lawrence seems a lot better than foster. definite no on cicero, maybe austin. and never been on oak park.
Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on September 8, 2009 at 5:14pm
Oak Park is the best North-South road.

East-West, I like Montrose west of Pulaski except that right now its being repaved.
Permalink Reply by Mo on September 9, 2009 at 4:03am
Diversey has a shared lane all the way out to OP. I would cut south at Oak Park Avenue if it's not too far west, but there's always Narragansett. Not ideal, but further east. I've done the Diversey ride and it wasn't too bad. It's one lane of traffic plus the shared lane.
Permalink Reply by Homebuilt on September 9, 2009 at 5:30am
Definite NO on Cicero, Central is a lot nicer: more residential, and most of it is wide single lanes rather than the cramped doubles that are on Cicero.
Permalink Reply by corinne on September 9, 2009 at 3:18pm
THANKS ALL - I did the ride tonight at 8pm and I took Oak Park most of the way ... not bad at all, smooth riding and mostly well lit - and ended up Lawrence. It only took me 40 minutes from point A to B.
Permalink Reply by Homebuilt on September 10, 2009 at 2:54am
Excellent! I would have expected longer, that's just 5 min. longer than my commute to the loop used to take (from just s. of you.)

corinne said:
THANKS ALL - I did the ride tonight at 8pm and I took Oak Park most of the way ... not bad at all, smooth riding and mostly well lit - and ended up Lawrence. It only took me 40 minutes from point A to B.
Permalink Reply by jen on September 10, 2009 at 6:34am
As previously mentioned by another, definitely Diversey to traverse west (and back east)....

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