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It's been awhile since I've been through on a layover, but Schenectady is quite the nice town with lots of restaurants and interesting shops in a walkable area. Haven't consulted the schedule, but it always seemed like an ideal place for a layover to me.

For a native Chicagoan, like me, this is surreal. Colorized film from a century ago. It features some buildings, then new (such as the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower, along with the Opera House and Daily News Building under construction) as well as those (such as the Art Institute)...

As I recall, traditionally, in Chicago the CTA Schedule day has long started at 3 A.M. This allows the past midnight trips to be on the route schedule of the previous day, at least from the customer side. In practice, a driver or train operator might start their "day" on a night car at 10 P.M...

I'm interested in how it could affect driver/operator work schedules; realizing that the "pick" is not necessarily for the same run of trips, say M-F but a collection of sometimes related, often varied runs and routes on a variety of days.

For many riders who CHOOSE transit, for a variety of reasons including cost of driving/parking and convenience, the perception of safety is key. If they do not feel safe, even if they are at worst discomforted and inconvenienced, they will opt to drive and avoid transit whenever possible. For...

And downtown Chicago, while quieter than normal on Christmas night, will still be active with visitors. Consider walking over to Millennium Park as well as the Daley Center plaza to see city Holiday decorations. The windows at Macy's aren't all they used to be when it was Marshall Fields, but...

Merry Christmas from Chicago!

While you might encounter homeless people on the train, the ride on the Orange Line at this time should be reasonably fine. If you're concerned about safety, just find an L car with other people and obvious flight travelers or airport employees on board, and sit there. If I were visiting...

There's also the Mon/Fri work at home versus Tue-Thur at the office phenomenon. I think transit agencies will need to shift from assuming there is a standard weekday, a Saturday, and a Sunday schedule and adjust service levels to more specific needs on different days of the week. If, for...

I suppose "it depends.". During the height of the pandemic, most of those who still rode and relied upon transit were the kinds of essential workers who were needed in specific places; often not car owners. However, a lot of downtown daily workers and others who no longer need to come to "the...

Seattle has the largest percentage of work from home employees in the country. The trend has impacted economic recovery in many cities, but perhaps most significantly transit. Perhaps there is some hope. I, certainly, found this to be the case coming out of the pandemic in Chicago. The...

There were, historically, more stations both in Chicago and Evanston that C&NW ultimately abandoned. (Including a cemetery stop at the huge Roseland location, for funeral trains.) Ravenswood, now one of the most heavily trafficked stations on the entire Metra system (with a recently opened...

The previous proposal was for a separate commuter service in Wisconsin, Milwaukee to Kenosha, with trains that could meet Metra at Kenosha for a trip into Illinois.

For some years there was an ever increasing "last mile" small bus service (much of it run by Pace) which had its basis at one of the other Metra stops on this line (I don't immediately recall which one, Deerfield, perhaps, or Lake/Cook Rd) to bring employees commuting to their jobs at major...

Both the L station at Damen in Chicago, as well as the train you thought refurbished are actually brand new. The Damen station is the newest (infill) on the CTA system, seen as an economic driver for an area of the city which is revitalizing, as well as a service for the nearby United Center...

They ought to get a contract with the very well run Peoria Charter bus company, which ought to be able to handle any runs through Central Illinois, when needed.

Many years ago, the Congressional District he represented had good passenger rail services from Chicago and Milwaukee. With Wisconsin's plans to expand Amtrak further into the state with additional destinations and serving more communities, it will be interesting to see if he helps that along...

Somebody mention my name? :-)

There are a few options. For ease, I'd suggest taking the #151 or the #7 bus from Union Station to State Street (about half a mile or so.). You could walk this leg, if you prefer. Transfer on State to the #6 bus south. This will take you to a block from the museum (in plain sight ahead at...

A friend of mine regularly vacations in north central Wisconsin, at a cabin located less than a half hour drive from the UP. It's a popular area of several small towns known for forest/fishing/summer recreation (and, now, some winter too with noted snowmobile trails) for people from the...