Archive for 'Getting Around' Category
Taxi Surcharge, Google Maps CTA - Updated
9 April 2008CTA
The good news: Google has teamed up with the CTA to provide public transportation options. When trying to figure out how to get from point A to point B, instead of just getting directions you can click on Take Public Transit and Google will return bus and train options. In addition it shows you what […]
Chicago Taxi Fare Finder
27 March 2008Want to know what cab fare will be before you hop in? Check out Taxi Fare Finder. You can put in general points of interest or specific addresses. If you put in the address, make sure you put in the city. I checked a few routes that I know the approximate fare for and it […]
A Penny For Your Safety
31 December 2007The CTA is once again providing rides for New Year’s Eve revelers for only a penny. The cheap rate starts at 8pm tonight and goes until 6am tomorrow morning. Several bus and rail lines will also offer later service.
Bus Service
#4 Cottage Grove buses will operate all night between Washington/State and 95th/Cottage Grove. Buses will operate […]
TLT’s Cab Crusade
18 December 2007Cab Ride #1: It’s cold. It’s snowing. I have no cash on me, but my bank’s ATM is half a mile away. I’m running late, so I do what any city gal would do. I hail a cab and ask if he takes credit cards.
“No.” And he drives off.
Another one pulls up and I […]
The Chocolate Water Taxi
10 December 2007It may be freezing, but the river isn’t frozen yet, and until December 23, you can take the Chicago Water Taxi between Madison Street and Michigan Avenue.
At $2 for a one-way ticket, the service is already inexpensive. Thanks to Fannie May, the ferry’s free on the weekends and there are free chocolate samples. Passengers will […]
