{"id":726,"date":"2017-05-07T19:34:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T00:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/?p=726"},"modified":"2021-06-03T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:36:26","slug":"2017-ala-annual-conference-chicago-transit-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/2017-ala-annual-conference-chicago-transit-information\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 ALA Annual Conference Chicago Transit Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Public Transportation:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicago Transit Authority (L Train and Bus): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/\">http:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CTA Bus Tracker: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctabustracker.com\/bustime\/home.jsp\">http:\/\/www.ctabustracker.com\/bustime\/home.jsp <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ventra (CTA transit card): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ventrachicago.com\/\">https:\/\/www.ventrachicago.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Metra Train: <a href=\"https:\/\/metrarail.com\/\">https:\/\/metrarail.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mobile Phone Apps:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicago Transit (Android): <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.funforfones.android.chicagocta\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.funforfones.android.chicagocta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Transit Stop: CTA Tracker (iOS): <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/transit-stop-cta-tracker-free\/id414569920?mt=8\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/transit-stop-cta-tracker-free\/id414569920?mt=8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ventra (Android and iOS): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ventrachicago.com\/app\/\">https:\/\/www.ventrachicago.com\/app\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Taxi:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Checker Taxi: <a href=\"http:\/\/checkertaxichicago.com\/\">http:\/\/checkertaxichicago.com\/<\/a> 312-243-2537 Text only: 312-520-3029 (include your address with no city, state or zip)<\/li>\n<li>Flash Cab: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashcab.com\/index.aspx\/\">http:\/\/www.flashcab.com\/index.aspx\/<\/a>? 773-561-4444<\/li>\n<li>Carriage Cab: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagocarriagecab.com\/\">http:\/\/www.chicagocarriagecab.com\/<\/a> 877-547-8294,? 312-326-2221<\/li>\n<li>Curb: Official taxi app for City of Chicago: <a href=\"https:\/\/gocurb.com\/chicago\/\">https:\/\/gocurb.com\/chicago\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ridesharing: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uber: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/?exp=home_signup_form\">https:\/\/www.uber.com\/?exp=home_signup_form<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lyft: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/\">https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Divvy Ride- Schedule a ride up to a year in advance: <a href=\"https:\/\/divvyride.com\/\">https:\/\/divvyride.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Via- Car pool app: <a href=\"http:\/\/ridewithvia.com\/\">http:\/\/ridewithvia.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arro:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goarro.com\/\"> https:\/\/www.goarro.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ZipCar- reserve a car for an hour or up to 7 days: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zipcar.com\/\">http:\/\/www.zipcar.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Biking:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Divvy Bikes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divvybikes.com\/\">https:\/\/www.divvybikes.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bike Chicago:<a href=\"http:\/\/bikechicago.com\/\"> http:\/\/bikechicago.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Airport Transportation:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting to and from O?Hare information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flychicago.com\/OHare\/EN\/GettingToFrom\/Pages\/default.aspx\">http:\/\/www.flychicago.com\/OHare\/EN\/GettingToFrom\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Getting to and from Midway information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flychicago.com\/midway\/en\/gettingtofrom\/pages\/default.aspx\">http:\/\/www.flychicago.com\/midway\/en\/gettingtofrom\/pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li>GO Airport Express: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airportexpress.com\/\">http:\/\/www.airportexpress.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shuttlefare: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shuttlefare.com\/chicago_ohare_airport_shuttle_ord\">http:\/\/www.shuttlefare.com\/chicago_ohare_airport_shuttle_ord<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Super Shuttle: http:\/\/www.supershuttle.com\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Other:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Maps is also a great way to track public transportation in Chicago and will tell you whether you need to take the L, bus, Metra, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Chicago is a bike friendly city. Whether you bring your own or rent one downtown, make sure to take a ride down the Chicago Lakefront bike path for some excellent views.<\/li>\n<li>Have a car and looking for a decent parking spot? Use Spot Hero online or download the app to reserve a parking spot in the city (usually) at a cheaper price: <a href=\"https:\/\/spothero.com\/\">https:\/\/spothero.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Transportation: Chicago Transit Authority (L Train and Bus): http:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/ CTA Bus Tracker: http:\/\/www.ctabustracker.com\/bustime\/home.jsp Ventra (CTA transit card): https:\/\/www.ventrachicago.com\/ Metra Train: https:\/\/metrarail.com\/ Mobile Phone Apps: Chicago Transit (Android): https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.funforfones.android.chicagocta Transit Stop: CTA Tracker (iOS): https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/transit-stop-cta-tracker-free\/id414569920?mt=8 Ventra (Android and iOS): https:\/\/www.ventrachicago.com\/app\/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/2017-ala-annual-conference-chicago-transit-information\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[6,207,110,175,5,56,12],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annual","tag-ala","tag-ala-annual-conference","tag-ala-nmrt","tag-alaac17","tag-chicago","tag-new-members-round-table","tag-nmrt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbhMj7-bI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}