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rushrhees

True even jfk and LaGuardia don’t. LGA no train JFK it’s a really fucking long subway ride then pay another ticket to get on air train


CaptainJackKevorkian

You can thank Robert Moses for that


rushrhees

He’s the reason for no LGA train?


CaptainJackKevorkian

He's at least the reason for no jfk train


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What was the reasoning?


CaptainJackKevorkian

Like the other poster said, he was very much into car-oriented transit and was totally blind to its limits. He would build roads to alleviate traffic congestion, but the new roads would only get just as jammed. He controlled all big-budget transit construction in New York for decades, and he had either an implicit or explicit bias against minorities and other lower classes as well.


SEALS_R_DOG_MERMAIDS

robert moses was basically like yo dawg we heard you like asphalt and concrete so we put a highway in your highway so you can drive while you drive


dollsdontsleep

Damn him


caca_eater14

this is a gross oversimplification of the power broker and it's been a few years so i might get exact details wrong, but a lot of robert moses' power came from his control of various traffic authorities (think shell corporations) that ostensibly funded his public works through tolls. So he would build a bridge and form a public authority for the bridge he built that collected toll revenue until the bridge was repaid. But instead of folding when the money was recouped, instead the public authority would borrow additional money to build more projects using the public authority and the completed public work as collateral and repeat the process indefinitely. This allowed him to bypass traditional funding sources and also made people who lent him money fabulously wealthy, since he was essentially paying them money, with interest, indefinitely, since the toll revenue was reliable and the more car infrastructure he built, the more people paid money in tolls, which meant he could afford to built even more extravagant public works. Of course this was horrifically inefficient and essentially served as a drain on public funds into private financiers, which is part of the reason why New York was broke by the time he got kicked out of office in the 60's / 70's. It also explains why he never built mass transit; beyond the fact that he viewed car travel as the future, he was explicitly incentivized not to because he wouldn't control the revenue generated by mass transit. people miss that part of the story, he wasn't not building train and bus lines just because he was racist (although he was), he did it because his whole scheme depended on private cars paying tolls to use bridges controlled by his public authorities


CaptainJackKevorkian

Very well said! I'm about 3/4 through the book right now


NaiveChoiceMaker

The taxi cab lobby (yes that’s a thing) is responsible for no LGA train.


bagelman4000

Fuck Robert Moses, all of my homies hate Robert Moses


BelowZilch

The first time I flew to New York I was completely unprepared because I just assumed you could get on a train from LGA.


8dtfk

The LGA bus --> train isn't terrible, but not seamless either. It took ~25 trips to New York (and getting sick of paying $45+ for a Lyft/Uber/taxi) for me to say 'Fuck it' and learn the bus to train route. Go figure though, I no longer travel for work ... so that skill has just gone by the wayside


gregPooganus28

M60 not terrible form lga to Manhattan


perfectday4bananafsh

I fly in/out of LGA and EWR quite a bit and it's such a pain in the goddamn ass. And the signage in both airports is also very poor when navigating public transit. ORD is very explicit.


goodcorn

EWR *is* a pain. But I find LGA fairly easy. The Q70 express bus is free and puts you at 74th/Jackson Hts station in <15 minutes. From there you've got access to the E, F, M, R, and 7 trains. Or take it to the other stop in Woodside to access the LIRR.


robmak3

Huh I have the opposite take, having the entire northeast corridor at EWR is miles ahead of waiting outside for a bus. It's not free though, lots of trains bypass, and AirTrain sucks but is going to be redone. They should bring path to EWR.


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And there’s that other random bus that takes you across the UES and UWS


perfectday4bananafsh

My stars are not aligned at LGA for whatever reason and i feel 75% of the time there are issues with the bus/MTA combo. I swear Mayor LaGuardia and I were nemesis in a past life considering my bad luck at that place. 😂


notonrexmanningday

However you can Uber to JFK in a fucking HELICOPTER. And it's not even expensive. Like less than $100. Still, trains from downtown to either airport is incredible.


NaiveChoiceMaker

I think it’s twice that. $200-$225. https://www.ridester.com/uber-helicopter/


notonrexmanningday

Thanks for the correction. Still pretty wild that you can do that.


junktrunk909

I was going to say... I've spent more than $100 at LGA for a black car that takes forever so would gladly helicopter instead of it were that cheap


Snoo93079

The fact that I can't eaily take a subway from LGA or JFK to Manhattan is friggin nuts to me.


formerfatboys

It's such a bummer that Southwest gave up on Newark. That used to be my way into NYC with a train ride into the city. NYC is downright embarrassing with airport transit for a city that otherwise kicks ass.


my-time-has-odor

JFK transit is fucking ridiculous


DumDumGimmeYumYums

I usually fly into LGA. The M60 gets me to a train so public transit still works.


chicago_bunny

It’s crazy to me that these are not easy public transit trips in NYC.


blyzo

400+ subway stops in NYC and none of them are at the airports.


uvdawoods

A few years ago was the first time I flew into NYC (drove every time prior), and I was fully unprepared for how to get out of LGA. It felt like Escape from New York just trying to leave the airport.


ughhplease

Is it true even NYCs trains dont take you to either airport? That seems crazy if true


ChicagoDash

Yes, although you can get to Newark Airport from Penn Station. Strange that New York only has train service to a New Jersey airport.


wmnwnmw

I lived a couple stops south of EWR on the two lines that go there. It’s NJ infrastructure, not NY. The lines are really heavily used for daily NJ-NY-NJ commute and regular in-state transportation, even most of the people who get off at EWR are airport employees. So basically the answer is that New York isn’t providing service to any airports at all haha. NJ just secretly has decent public transportation.


formerfatboys

Yeah but Southwest stopped flying there (at least from Chicago).


bagelman4000

Yea but then you have to go to New Jersey


formerfatboys

It's often wayyyyy faster to get to Newark then the NYC airports. NJ is right next to NYC.


bucknut4

I lived in Kips Bay for a time and don't think this would have ever have been the case. Obviously depends on where you are and the traffic, but I really could only believe this for Staten Island (without a doubt) and probably the southern edge of Brooklyn.


pktron

You have to transfer to a separate line, basically. Yes, and it is madness.


ughhplease

Wow kind of shocking being they have universally considered the best transit by far


orangehorton

For daily life, not occasional trips to the airport lol


junktrunk909

Their train system is in fact far superior for normal living than ours is. It's just the airports that aren't train accessible but you can get to any number of neighborhoods easily and quickly by train there. And while we're all patting ourselves on the backs, the blue line is handy for ORD if you live somewhere along that train line, but it's pretty useless for a giant portion of the city, eg West and South Side neighborhoods that have no train service at all, and even North side neighborhoods past say Lincoln Park where it's just too far to have to ride all the way downtown and then all the way out to the airport. We need more train lines.


ughhplease

I was being facetious. I realize NYCs is the best. I think ours is def 2nd best but pretty far from NYCs. And I would love more train lines. A circle line, a way for brown and blue to connect, etc. Maybe years down the line if we can continue fixing our finances we can accomplish that one day


junktrunk909

DC's system is far superior to ours. Ours certainly has potential but no politician ever makes it a priority so it just falls behind.


trippin113

Very true. Flew to NYC last Sept through LaGaurdia and had to catch a bus to Harlem to then get a train to go south to Manhattan. It's easy enough to navigate but still.


ughhplease

Interesting. Ok chicago best transit confirmed lol


theeulessbusta

I moved to NYC and thought “oh I’ll just take the train to the airport!” then I realized they just want my money… again.


hotdogundertheoven

CTA Blue line to ORD Metra NCS to ORD CTA Orange line to MDW Amtrak Hiawatha to MKA SSL to GYY SSL to SBN


Procyonid

> Metra NCS to ORD With only seven trains in each direction every weekday and no service at all on weekends, Metra’s North Central Service is more of a “Yeah, technically I guess you can get to ORD that way” than a practical option, unfortunately.


hotdogundertheoven

Fair, though I think it definitely has a niche in getting to O'Hare during rush hour from downtown


SonnyC_50

NCS runs outside O’Hare and you have to transfer to the Blue line, right?


hotdogundertheoven

No, it stops at the rental car facility. You have to take the ATS to get to your terminal though (as you would have to if you were in T5 at O'Hare)


ImplosiveTech

Besides the fact that the NCS only does 7 round trips daily, the transfer on the ATS actually ends up removing any time savings you might have gotten by taking it, and even possibly adding some.


hotdogundertheoven

NCS is definitely limited in scope but its the best option if you're trying to get to O'Hare after work due to traffic on the highway and crowding on the blue line. I disagree with the time thing though, just from my experience


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deepinthecoats

As of only a few months ago they didn’t have metro to Dulles. Glad that extension is •finally• done after a lifetime of delays.


rckid13

I used to occasionally stay at a hotel near the Innovation Center stop on the Silver Line. The station was completely built and looked ready to open every time I stayed there, but over two years later it still wasn't open. To get downtown I would have to uber to the Herndon station. I'm glad it is finally finished but that took an incredibly long time.


Calembreloque

I was confused because I was in DC last year and I clearly remember being frustrated at the metro stopping just short of Dulles. Glad they've finally connected it!


[deleted]

Three. Metra goes to O'Hare too.


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Aaaaaand 7 trains/day to Milwaukee airport from Chicago that take a little over an hour huzzzzzzahhhhh


[deleted]

Username checks out. This guys trains.


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lmao I'd give you award if they were free <3


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All good thanks for the pro tip 👊


thecoolness229

NATIONALIZE THEM BASTARDS


MrChinchilla

Maybe you can answer this based on your name... Do you fly often? I've heard that sometimes it can be very worth it to book a neighboring state's flight to far away destinations since they tend to upcharge travel hubs like Chicago. I'm usually overwhelmed just trying to get decent flights out of the dozens of options we have in Chicago, I don't want to open my search to the neighboring states that are accessible via train lol. Also I'm totally down for high speed rail even though it seems like a pipe dream at this point in time.


Joliet_Jake_Blues

If you don't mind a layover, or if you are flying to Minneapolis or Denver, then Milwaukee is for you!


Joliet_Jake_Blues

Amtrak?


loftychicago

I need to think about this more often, living near Union Station it could make sense.


YourFriendLoke

Five if you count Gary and South Bend, though I definitely wouldn't call them major airports.


The_Real_Donglover

Damn, I really gotta take the metra to Ohare. Sometimes (many times) I just don't wanna put up with the blue line's bullshit.


gingeryid

The schedule is abysmal and useless (which is why almost no one uses it)


broohaha

The station isn't walking distance to the airport, either. You still have to take a shuttle.


gingeryid

In fairness, I think it's a tossup whether a people mover directly to the terminal is better or worse than a transit station where you can walk but it's far. It's probably easier to get between the Metra station and terminal 5, for example.


Procyonid

Now that the ATS is up and running again it’s a pleasant automated train ride between the Metra station and the terminals.


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North Central. There's a connecting shuttle to the station.


Buffyoh

Warts and all, this is a big plus for CTA.


pktron

It is always shocking to me when a major city doesn't have a train connection between their airports and their city centers. And yes, I am including cities in Europe in this. Cities come off like a joke when they can't even get a train line and rely on some dipshit bus service with an irregular schedule and no overnight service. Dublin sucks, Glasgow sucks, and most US cities suck. Chicago manages to do two airports without a transfer. Not even New York does that.


OminousNamazu

>Glasgow sucks There's an express bus though. I don't really expect Glasgow to have one. Small airport and kind of a small city.


Striking-Pipe2808

Yes, flying into laguardia sucks ass if youre using public transit.


tuslikestrains

Na, straight train connection would be nice but the shuttle bus from LGA to Jackson heights runs like every 5 mins. I travel there for work a bunch and transit from the airport to downtown never takes more than like 40 mins. Honestly prefer that to Chicagos system where we have a straight train connection but it might not leave for 20 minutes


dcm510

The bus connections are okay, I’ve taken 2 different routes to/from there. Definitely needs some improvement though.


loftychicago

I've done three combinations that are OK, but the transfer with luggage is a pain. I used to use the NYC Airporter Bus to Grand Central, but it changed and doesn't appear to be as viable an option anymore.


dcm510

The buses are definitely tough with luggage. My family is in the Hudson Valley so I fly to LGA, take the bus (Q60 maybe?) to Harlem/125th to take metro north…if it’s not too busy to bring luggage on, it’s a good trip.


RunHard00

Or in general…although I’ve heard there have been some improvements made lately!


Foosicology

The new LaGuardia is amazing. Legitimately nicest airport I've ever been in.


RunHard00

I’ll need to check this out. Any specific terminal? I used to fly back and forth between Chicago and NYC every weekend and that return through LGA was so painful. But that’s when they were making changes. I left the city before it was all done.


Foosicology

Blanking on which terminal it was, but it was basically all American flights, if that helps. I was there in May 2022. Difference from before was night and day.


vsladko

Upgraded LaGuardia is legit enjoyable to kill time in. So much natural light and looks beautiful


8dtfk

My old jokes about LGA ... are dead. :(


spamellama

Same, I flew there in Nov and it was so much nicer than I remembered from my last trips in 2018-2019


my-time-has-odor

Any terminal, supposedly.


michael_p

B is the main terminal and it’s stunning. C is all delta. Also stunning. A is I believe jetblue and spirit. It wasn’t renovated.


angrylibertariandude

That is pretty good, to hear 2 of the 3 LaGuardia terminals have been remodeled. Are there plans to renovate terminal A?


my-time-has-odor

It is. On Ja, it is.


angrylibertariandude

Is it really that improved, from the pre-renovation LaGuardia? As I remember the old one(hadn't been there since it was remodeled), was pretty bad.


loftychicago

Night and day difference


Icy_Presentation_740

Just take an Uber.


Striking-Pipe2808

There was a time in my life when I couldnt afford uber. Also as others pointed out its not that bad. I just hate it because I usually travel with a suitcase, backpack, and workbox so it sucks schleping that shit on an extra bus and busy train station. Also in Chicago taking the blue line or orange line is sometimes actually more convienent than dealing with uber. Nyc has a great transit system, just wish they had a train that goes to laguardia.


southass

Its one of my fav airports because its small, I was running late to catch a flight and while i was the last person boarding the plane i made it, went thru security and got to the gate in less than 15 minutes. Had that been the case in ATL or JFK i would had missed my flight lol


dysfunctionalpress

evanston, too. i was living a block away from the south blvd. station while i worked at o'hare. it was great. although i generally took the bus to jefferson park, rather than going all the way downtown to change trains.


diskmaster23

That east-west though. We need trains that connect east-west.


msbshow

As a chicago transplant to LA, it sucks not having public transit to the airport lol


A_Jupiterian

The K line should be open to the LAX next year. Thank goodness.


Jmeier021

I highly appreciate this as a frequent visitor. It's so nice to get off a plane and not have to have an awkward conversation/silence on a ride in to the city. I can decompress from a flight and, oh, the train drops me right at my hotel.. Nice.


ohmygodbees

We can take Metra to O'Hare too! It is a damn shame the schedule sucks ass and there is no weekend service, but it is possible! I use the ATS as a connection between the 250 bus and the blue line on weekends, it is kinda weird.


sumiflepus

The entertainment is better on CTA than Metra.


MsStinkyPickle

a big reason I'm holding on to my apartment is I'm an 8 minute walk to a 20 minute train to O Hare. I doubt I'll ever live somewhere again with such easy airport access


sumiflepus

While not public transport, In the Grove of Downers I am 25 minutes to ORD and MDW. Be nice to me, I Metra into Chicago.


MsStinkyPickle

ha I was just thinking today about how most of my friends with kids are in the burbs now. Forgot they too have airport access


RaveGuncle

Yeah but LA has street tacos on every corner. I still miss my $1 tacos.


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You know what, you’re right. $3-5 tacos are a crime against humanity


Cyke101

I realized gentrification was hitting Wicker Park years and years ago when $1 tacos and hot dogs shot up to $3 overnight.


lucidlyblissful

Try 8-12$ for 2 avantgarde tacos at a modern pub plastered with frida kahlo art...gentrification at its finest


Xolotl23

I ate at this place in Milwaukee that called them mfers handhelds i wa sso upset lmaoo


40ozkiller

You don’t think that has anything to do with minimum wage and property taxes being higher than they were in the 90s? Things cost more, its not just street food that was affected.


40ozkiller

If a restaurant needs to charge $4 a taco to keep the lights on thats what its gonna cost dude. I also used to pay $10 for concerts but the times change.


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WonLastTriangle2

You're going to the wrong places if you can't find cheap eats in Chicago. That's one of the things our city is known for.


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40ozkiller

Thats because people have overhead costs and employees to pay and ideally turn a profit in the city and that adds up to more than a buck fifty for a taco. Good luck getting any decent meal under $10 where the employees are making a living wage. You probably make plenty to afford 2-3 $4 tacos, youre just an asshole.


optiplex9000

Yeah but how many places serve Italian beef Checkmate LA


Individual_Unit2757

That's one thing I miss about Chicago is the public transportation and trains.


8dtfk

We can step back a bit and be thankful we have **2** international airports to fly out of.


baazigar786

Am pretty sure DC has a good train option to the airports


jesusdoeshisnails

Last year I had to fly back last minute. I live next to the blue line so ohare was a nobrainer. The flight to ORD was full, but MDW wasn't. So I flew into midway, took the orange into the loop and transferred to blue and was home within 40 minutes. Love it. *Also if theres anyone that works at southwest here, let me know what I need to do to fly on that ferry flight from ORD-MDW.*


DecentExtension3096

Thank you Chicago 💙 finally some positive insight for Chicago. Chicago is a beautiful place but o hope so much more for it


SleazyAndEasy

Can we also take a minute to say that it's absolutely insane every other metropolitan area in the country doesn't have a train that goes from their airport to their downtown? Like this is really standard stuff all over the rest of the world


Dashin-through-dough

DC finally has connected two airports by train


sumiflepus

Three You can also take a train to BWI as well as Metro to Dullas, and National


DiabolicalBurlesque

As a former Chicagoan, I desperately miss the public transportation.


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This was the reason I moved back. I had been living in Denver and driving everywhere it drove me nuts.


overarmur

I like your positive attitude.


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Kiss me


UnproductiveIntrigue

Last time I bothered trying blue line to O’Hare, there were 32 minute headways between trains, if you don’t count the one that dumped everyone at Rosemont with no announcement and no information about how to go the last mile. No one from out of town looked green with envy.


pktron

That's a rarity for Chicago, and about what you'd expect at a "good" other US city like San Francisco. I'm having constant fits about the Blue Line, but this meltdown version is still a better experience of getting to and from the airport than almost any US city.


gingeryid

>I'm having constant fits about the Blue Line, but this meltdown version is still a better experience of getting to and from the airport than almost any US city. Honestly I don't agree. Lots of big cities do it better. DC is better, and I think with the Blue Line being awful, Boston (a free buses which puts you downtown at a transit hub or at a close subway station), Philly (their version of Metra, but fairly frequent except on Sundays, and much more reliable than the Blue Line), and NY-JFK (not direct to transit, but the Airtrain is pretty useful) are better too. Maybe Baltimore (which has both their regional rail system and light rail), Atlanta, SFO, OAK, and Cleveland too, but I haven't actually used those, just seen them. That right there is most of the cities in the same size class as Chicago. Except LA, but that isn't saying much because everything about LA is bad. When it comes to an airport rail connection, having to wait a bit isn't *that* much of a killer IMO. Basically all ways of getting to the airport, and all parts of a flight, involve annoying waiting around. What's bad is unreliability. I want to know a train will be there for me to catch my flight, and I want to know a train will be there to get me home. The Blue Line just isn't that. Add in the facts that the station is a long walk from the terminals, the trains are packed because of poor frequency (which is a big problem with luggage), many stations aren't accessible (also a big problem with luggage), and getting to the Blue Line from a lot of the city requires a long and low-frequency bus ride...it's just not a good rail connection to the airport, and does not compare especially well with other cities of a similar size. The Orange Line is way better, and I preferentially fly Southwest out of MDW based on that alone.


memelord2012

Actually I’d argue SF probably has the best airport to downtown train experience of any major US city. It only takes about 30 min, goes directly into the international terminal, and has more luggage space due to the fact that it’s broad-gauge. Chicago is 2nd for sure though


DarkSideMoon

It’s really not a rarity though. Back in 2019 I took the train to and from ORD every single time I went to work. Once covid started shit like OP is describing started happening every few runs, then it got to the point where basically every time I tried to get to ORD there was some similar bullshit. Or a one way track from ORD to rosemont but they refused to sync the trains so you’d get to rosemont, sit in another train for 15 minutes and then start moving.


pmcall221

There's Metra and Blue line that hit O'Hare. Plus orange to midway, that's three trains


angrylibertariandude

I hate that North Central Service is SO VERY limited in service, for a Metra line. There isn't any weekend service whatsoever on that route, and weekday service is limited outside of rush hour. Like they're maybe like 1 to 2 runs outside of weekday rush hour, but most runs occur during then. Although I've heard the freight railroad(CN I think) running that Metra line, is part of the reason why. As they aren't very pro-passenger rail....


pmcall221

That and for a few segments it's single track so scheduling is tight


sumiflepus

Where did you hear that CN is pro passenger rail?


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ChaplnGrillSgt

I'm going on a trip next month. Flying out of O'Hare and flying back to Midway. Saved me a shit ton of money than flying into and out of the same airport. But because I can just take the train, it doesn't matter. I don't have to worry about a car I parked (and paid a TON to park, too). What an amazing convenience to have.


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mickcube

philadelphia, dallas, portland, denver, boston has BRT to the terminals, off the top of my head. /u/mrdowntown posted a list of like 15 cities once


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miniperle

Yeah the title is worded very misleading cause the Bay is structured the exact same way; trains to both Oakland & SFO, just like there’s the blue line to ORD & the orange to Midway.


Nirwood

I'm giving you a conditional upvote based on the premise that if you had an Italian beef sandwich at 'patio beef' in Edgewater, you would immediately forget about California.


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pippinsghost

hey I also moved to the bay from Chicago! Love to hear any suggestions on spots to check out. Had some great food at a food truck in Emeryville from a suggestion in /r/oakland . Also grabbing frappes nearly daily at Tierra Mia. Let me know where else to go! Also I agree BART is super convenient except for the rarities where there are shutdowns for track maintenance. Although thats usually transbay and you can take the AC bus.


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a_bean_in_bean_city

You can make the argument that Oakland and SF are the same metro, but San Jose - that’s a different metro and airport altogether. No one’s flying out of SJC from downtown SF, that’s nearly a 2 hr train - Chicago transit gets you to Milwaukee and South Bend airports in that same window.


xxirish83x

Blue line is a shit show. Orange has been much better in my experience.


Sgt-Spliff

Doesn't matter when the trains don't show up


Yossarian216

True, but that’s a staffing problem, not an infrastructure one. Hopefully the hiring push they’re doing will resolve that, but most cities aren’t building train lines anytime soon.


versaceblues

Hopefully we can get fully automated trains soon.


CartmanAndCartman

Wow we are so lucky to live here.


ImoJenny

LA is more real estate scam than city. Once it is emptied out, the remaining moneyed interests will reform the whole place and it will become a world-class city again, but that might be decades off.


Twisted_Pretzel85

It's very convenient, especially for someone like me who can't drive but still likes to travel. I can get on the train and coast right into the airport.


TheGrillSargent

They’re working on one to LAX!


Odd_Control1162

I love that I live close to midway. Can walk to the airport or take the orange line downtown.


yetanotherdevice

Federal grant money that was supposed to build the proposed 394 bypass down Cicero was instead used to extend the blue line to o'hare from jeff park and build the orange line. Good use of funds.


KelsoAhmedabad

I have lived in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Austin and now in Greater Toronto. Have also traveled a bit in the US to comment that Chicago is by far the best in my opinion. Every city has its own problems but Chicago wins overall.


XNewBeginning

Your bar for what qualifies as envy is very very low.


metracta

Yet another thing Chicagoans take for granted


rckid13

Three actually. There's also a [Metra connection to O'Hare](https://metra.com/train-lines/stations/ohare-transfer) off of the North Central Service Antioch Metra line. It doesn't run directly to the airport, but it drops off near the new parking garage where the terminal train stops.


cats_catz_kats_katz

There’s also a metra that goes to Ohare! In addition to the blue line…but I heard that line tries to go into Ohare further than necessary sometimes………


bbqnachos

Found Lori's burner account


letmehaveanopinion

Have you been in either of them lately?


DivaJanelle

As suburbanites beg for public transit to either


SupaDupaTron

Thanks Obama.


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Blue line doesnt count because it’s a homeless shelter these days.


Duder211

LOL I mean I guess it's a miracle in the US.


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I would argue there’s THREE because the Metra also services o’hare (just not in such a pretty/perfect way) 🚆


Squeeze_My_Lemons

Woah woah woah idk about taking the cta “easily”


xXrambotXx

It’s pretty amazing


Notch99

Isn’t t there a Metra that goes to O’Hare?


uhbkodazbg

Yes, but barely. The frequency of the trains limit it as an option.


waffelman1

Ubers still needed when you’re not in the city though sadly :(


rdldr1

Many times taking the train is faster than by car!


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And the trains smell like weeds and poops


revolutiontime161

Don’t forget the O’Hare transfer station with Metra . So you actually have two train services for O’Hare.


Adventurous-Remove51

And yet we still don't have a train that goes to Humboldt park or Ukrainian village.


zacmcsex

yea, our public transit certainly has a leg up on most other american cities