Chicago Water Taxi Boat Downtown is Back
The bright yellow Chicago Water Taxi suprised everyone last year by showing up on the Chicago River in the spring to ferry people back and forth from the Wrigley Building (by the Windella boat tour dock) to the Metra Station at Union Station. The problem with Union Station which serves the major north and west suburbs is that it is nowhere near downtown or the north part of the loop and Michigan Ave. (1.5 miles from where I work) So, the Water Taxi replaces a long crowded bus ride for the same price $2.00 and its faster too. The Chicago Water Taxi only runs in the spring, summer and fall because of the ice and cold in the Chicago River in the winter. The boat is covered but partially open and looks like it may have been a repainted repurposed tour boat. Anyway, check out the Chicago Water Taxi for the reasons one of my co-workers mentioned:
1. The Chicago Water Taxi is faster than taking a bus to and from Union Station.
2. It’s cheap. You can’t beat $2.00 per ride. (way cheaper than a Taxi, and no traffic!)
3. No smelly people sit next to you, because it is almost empty and open to the air outside.
4. It has a better view than a city bus and is quite relaxing clipping along on the Chicago River.