Originally Posted by toomanybooks
Not only is the El about 95% less than a cab, it might even be faster.
Yep. If you're at any kind of traffic time, the Kennedy (the highway from ORD to downtown) gets packed up pretty easily. I'll echo fenger's suggestion of getting off at Clark/Lake. Come up to street level and you'll be on Lake street and a cab to the Drake is pretty quick.
Nitpicky reference, it's the 'L', not El.