“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
You have purchased this book because you want to visit the City of Chicago and need to know where to go, sights to see, things to do, how to get there, and ways to survive. So, as a local, I will give you the real deal about Chicago, so you can enjoy your trip!
1. Don’t Take A Cab From The Chicago International Airports, Instead, Use The CTA!
Most people prefer to take a cab when arriving to a new place, especially a large, bustling city like Chicago, however, taking the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) from Midway International Airport (service mostly local and national flights) and O'Hare International Airport (service mostly international flights
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Moreover, do not buy CTA cards from people selling them on the streets because they might be empty passes with no value.
2. Use The CTA Bus Tracker To See When The Buses & Trains Are Coming
The CTA has a “ctabustracker” and “ctatraintracker” app that you can download on your mobile device or access from their website showing an estimate time of arrival for each bus and train with 99% accuracy. When you see a bus or train approaching in 2 minutes, normally it is a block or two away. Moreover, if you hear a beeping noise at major bus stops, that means there is a bus tracker on the upper left side of the shelter.
3. Dig Deep Into A Deep Dish Pizza!
Chicago is known for its fabulous deep dish pizzas, rivalling the diverse choices in New York City. The Chicago recipe consist of thick, soft crusts stuffed into a deep dish and filled with lots of mozzarella cheese, and other choice goodies topped with homemade tomato sauce. A pizza like this is full of extra calories and carbohydrates expanding waistlines to disproportionate levels when consumed daily because of the excess dough that taste absolutely phenomenal. Some of the best restaurants offering Chicago’s famous deep dish pizzas are Giordano’s pizza (citywide), Pequod’s Pizza in Morton Grove and Lincoln Park, and Bartoli’s Pizza in Roscoe Village. Take a bite into a deep dish sensation and watch the
in May with a high school class, I have dreamed of making the busy commuters,
The Northern Illinois Bus system currently runs multiple busses with 12 different bus routes that students from NIU have free access to. These routes lead to multiple routes around campus that transport students, which are either commuters or campus residents, around campus. There are several things to use to track the bus like the NIU app on android and apple devices which is said to be really inaccurate and there’s also part from that there are scheduled bus routes on their website that “accurately” tell you what time the bus will be around campus. None of these options have helped students track the bus even during the busiest hours. A survey was conducted (2015, Survey) that was open to all NIU students through Facebook and mass emails. A number of 42 students responded to the survey to express their opinion on how they feel about the current bus system and their policies. According to the survey, the majorities of students do not use the NIU app to track the bus and rated the app either a 0
Prior to the trip, I made sure what time I had to be in school for and what time the bus would be leaving. This was well after my normal start time for work so I didn’t need to leave the house any earlier. As the journey was about 45 minutes, it was a direct route. Therefore, no stops were needed.
-Since I have experience with riding buses, I know that busy hours are in the morning and afternoon, when people are going to work and to school and after work and school. Normally, there’s mixed crowds of people going to work in their uniforms or business attire and there are people of all ages going
Can you imagine ever performing on Broadway? Let me go a step further and ask if you could ever imagine performing in the Broadway show Chicago? To feel the excitement of performing for the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Broadway shows may not be for everyone, but it truly says something when a show is completely sold out and not one single person is left sitting down at the end of the play.
The city is an international hub for transportation. O'Hare International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world linking major cities of the eastern and western United States. Chicago is located in Cook County. Chicago is a metropolitan city and it is well known throughout the world because of its ethnic diversity
Over the past few years, cities around the United States have increasingly been touting the vigor of their music industries. These cities have been commissioning reports that show the undeniable importance of music and the music industry to the local economy and urban centre. Chicago is no exception; Chicago measured the size of the music industry in their city and applied the same economic metrics to other cities across the country in order to obtain comparative stats about other music cities.
Reservations can be made by calling a toll-free number, 1-800-THE TRAIN. Information about the train ride, but not reservations, is available on the railroad's website,
trains don’t have an official schedule. If your vehicle stalls on the tracks you should get everyone
Chicago is as poem that captures how the cities of America are in that time period. He addresses the city as "you", as if it were a living person and all of the people that make things happen in the city are the organs of that person. The poem has a positive outlook on the city of Chicago. It details the flaws and shortcomings of the city. He talks of painted women on the streets luring the farm boys, which would be women with make-up applied heavily working the streets. He says that they tell him the city is brutal, crooked, and wicked
The public transportation (trains and busses) had some social wassues. Even though, there were big public transportation network in Chicago, their quality was not as good as New York City or Washington D.C.. There were many people seems that they suffer in poverty.
First of all, to use a taxi, you need to go to the nearest taxi station or from taxi stands which are located on the opposite side of railways.
In an ideal world, I think the app would be far more improved if it could prompt the user with a whole list of the best possible routes one could take based off their geographic location and where exactly on campus they wish to go. Utilizing one’s current location and desired destination could be determined by location service communications between a user’s smart phone and Google Maps. From there, a chronological list could be created, ranking what ideal bus routes one could take from top to bottom. Even though CarolinaGO already uses location services to power the bus tracking feature, it would be interesting to see them use it in this way. Furthermore, I wish CarolinaGO could somehow improve the tracking of bus arrival times at the various bus stops. A simple notification that the desired bus is running behind would be great. Today, I commonly experience the symptom of having to wait for extended periods of time for a bus that, according to the app, should have arrived several minutes ago. The time accuracy is definitely off. If improved, the bus tracking system could afford me the opportunity to not be in such as rush getting out the door for a bus that is actually behind schedule. This way, I could have the opportunity to take a longer amount of time to leave my house and to not have to wait so long at the bus stop. Fixing these current problems would not only improve the app, but cater more to the individual user.
You are really on a most optimized plan of attack path constantly. The slower you are, the more open doors you miss. A long time back, going via prepare obliged you to purchase a ticket remaining in a long line. Later, with organizations taking up this weight, you could endow this to them, who might, consequently, send their representatives and profit tickets for you. This could take quite a while. Later came in the web blast. Presently ticket booking is as quick as sending an email. It simply happens in a snap. Web based booking of tickets is one of the most ideal ways the railroad could present, and make ticketing basic and simple for its
Time may be the deciding factor when choosing whether to ride a bus or drive a car to a chosen destination. Most buses make multiple stops along the way prior to getting to where a rider wants