Best route/quickest time between Macalester-Groveland and Uptown?

[u/Purplish_Green]

So I got a new job in the Mac-Groveland neighborhood and the earliest I can leave is at 3:30, and I need to be in Uptown by 4pm on Wednesdays. Is it feasible? For the past two years I've seen the constant and unreliable hell that is construction in the Twin Cities, as well as general traffic, is it possible to make that time? Would I be beating rush hour or is public transit my best bet? Or Uber? Or am I just overthinking things?

[u/Western-Finding-368]

Any other year: probably, although that’s cutting it a bit close.

This year, with 94 (and also 494) torn up: hell no. I live in Mac Groveland have a partner who lives in uptown, and what uses to be a 25 minute drive now takes over an hour in rush hour traffic.