6:30 a.m. update: Current drive times

Road conditions remain good and traffic volumes are just starting to pick up in places. Overall, it's still a decent commute.

A MnDOT First Unit is helping a motorist whose vehicle broke down on westbound Hwy. 36 at Rice Street. That action is on the right shoulder.

A mattress that had been blocking the lanes on eastbound 494 at Maxwell Avenue has been retrieved. Thank goodness.

In Forest Lake, steer clear of a crash on Hwy. 97 at Hwy. 61.

Other than that, look for the usual crowding on southbound 35W from Lake Drive to County 10 and eastbound 94 from 101st Avenue over to Weaver Lake Road.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 9 minutes.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 10 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 15 minutes

Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 9 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 12 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 13 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 9 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 15 minutes.

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 18 minutes

Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 8 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 7 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 7 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 5 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 8 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 8 minutes

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 10 minutes

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 10 minutes.