Archive for the 'Transportation' Category
Governor Blagojevich’s plan to place speed cameras on all Chicago and Illinois Interstates will fail. It will fail because no one speeds anymore now that gas prices have gotten so high. (and fewer people are driving all together) That said, every citizen that owns a car in Illinois should still be going to the Illinois State [...]
August 11th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago News, Grumpy post of the week, The Suburbs, Transportation | No Comments
There are a lot of very affordable (cheap) entertainment and (family) fun options this weekend in Chicago. Whether you live in the suburbs or are planning on getting a hotel room and vacationing in Chicago for the weekend, there is lots to do. If you haven’t gotten tickets to see the award winning show Wicked (the musical) or Jersey [...]
August 7th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Airports and Tourism Travel, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Hyde Park, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Theater Plays Broadway Shows in Chicago, This Weekend in Chicago, Transportation | 1 Comment
I think Chicago is a bad choice for the 2016 Olympic Games. I know that I am in the minority with that opinion, so I wanted to make my opinion points (and those of others like me) visible online. Just to be clear, it isn’t that I am not a fan of the Olympics. I actually [...]
June 16th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago News, Grumpy post of the week, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Sports, The Suburbs, Transportation | 4 Comments
This is some very disturbing news. The state of Illinois will be deploying radar and speed cameras all across the state in July to record photos and track speeds of cars going over the speed limit in construction zones and work zones on the highways and tollways. The first ticket will be for $300.00 fine [...]
May 22nd, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago News, Downers Grove, Evanston, Grumpy post of the week, Naperville, Oak Park, Schaumburg, Skokie, The Suburbs, Transportation | 3 Comments
Last week I wrote about the yellow Chicago River Taxi that I see every day on the Chicago River because one of my coworkers uses it to commute to work every day and raves about the convenience of traveling by river and not by bus or auto taxi. Then I got an email from a second [...]
April 21st, 2008 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago News, Transportation | No Comments
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 [...]
April 15th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Business Local, Chicago Loop, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pop Culture, Transportation | No Comments
I am a fan of car shows and will be attending the Spring 2008 Chevy Vette Fest at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL (Chicago) next weekend. The Chevy Vette Fest is scheduled for April 5th and 6th. (The show is open from 9 am to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday) Tickets are [...]
March 28th, 2008 | Posted in Art Galleries and Museums, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago, Transportation | 2 Comments
Chicago got about 3 inches of snow Tuesday Evening 12/4 and Wednesday Morning as well as another sprinkling of snow this afternoon. Now the weather forecast is saying that tomorrow Thursday 12/6 will include some flurries and there will be more substantial snow on Friday and Saturday. I don’t know about you, but I have a date and a [...]
December 6th, 2007 | Posted in Chicago Consumer News, Chicago News, Chicago Weather, Holidays & Christmas, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago, Transportation | No Comments
There is a guy that rides the train every morning that has a segway and literally parks it at the station chained up and leaves it there. It hasn’t been stolen yet either. I don’t know what he does for a living but he loves his gadgets. I ended up sitting next to him this [...]
November 30th, 2007 | Posted in Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, Transportation | No Comments
This weekend the weather will not be the greatest for Thanksgiving, but hopefully it will not keep flights from getting out of O’Hare or cause traffic on the highways for those of you driving to your family and friends’ houses.
Weather for Chicago, IL
Wind: NE at 21 mph
Humidity: 85%
Wed
45°F | 32°F
Thu
34°F | 27°F
Fri
34°F | 30°F
Sat
42°F | [...]
November 21st, 2007 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Weather, Holidays & Christmas, This Weekend in Chicago, Transportation | No Comments
This weekend there will be a historic new tollway opened in Illinois. The Veteran’s Memorial Tollway (I-355 South Extension to I-80) has been in the works since the 1950’s and various states of completion since the 1990’s but soon I-355 will connect to I-80 and give millions of people access to cheap housing and truck based shipping [...]
November 7th, 2007 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, Transportation | No Comments
I was recently asked about how to survive a Chicago winter by someone moving here from a warm southern state who had never dealt with extreme cold, wind, snow and Ice. I have lived in Chicago all my life, so I figured I could help with some tips for survival and hopefully help him avoid [...]
November 5th, 2007 | Posted in Chicago Weather, Holidays & Christmas, Transportation | 1 Comment
Today I got an email from the Hillside Garbage Landfill Closure Project. They wanted to let all of us know who drive by the dump along side 290 at the Hillside strangler, that they have successfully closed off one portion of the dump. We are grateful for that and hope that the stench ends soon. It [...]
November 4th, 2007 | Posted in Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Grumpy post of the week, The Suburbs, Transportation | No Comments
The Chicago Tribune reports that the CTA has received 27 Million dollars in funding from the state of Illinois in a last minute bailout cash “infusion”. I’m not exactly sure what “infusion” means in this scenario but we take it that extra funds were approved from somewhere in the Illinois state budget and the price hikes and route [...]
November 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Transportation | 1 Comment
I got my Oak Park FYI newsletter in the mail today and it has a mention that a new condo tower will be built at South Avenue and Harlem Avenue in Oak Park. Don’t we have enough condos in Oak Park? At any given moment in the current housing crash and real estate meltdown there are over 500 [...]
October 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Chicago Consumer News, Grumpy post of the week, Real Estate Condos, The Suburbs, Transportation | No Comments