In simple terms, just allow extra time and settle in. Commute times are on the high side due to a spate of crashes.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 30 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 16 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 15 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 13 minutes. Eastbound is 13 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 20 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to Crosstown: 30 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 13 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 41 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 45 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 16 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 26 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 20 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 29 minutes
Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 15 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 6 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 23 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 9 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 23 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 10 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 16 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 13 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 14 minutes.