@WarnerCrocker it’s been decades since I’ve driven into Chicago. There was road construction then but it didn’t bother me much.
The advantage of being a tourist: you walk more places, hire more cabs, and your getting in and out of the city often does not overlap with rush hour, by mere happenstance.
It is a comfortable city to drive IMO. I’d never want to drive in Manhattan or L.A. or Atlanta, many other cities. There is a luxury not being scheduled constrained, being out of the rat race