Do any of the commuter rail stations outside of city proper have free parking and then just take a train into town?I should know this, I am a Chicagoan. Our paid parking is through the roof. I am going for a day trip on Amtrak. Anyone know of a place to park for free within a mile of the station?
Mine is to suggest that the closest free parking to Chicago Union Station is in Indiana.Leave your car on the shoulder of Dan Ryan Expressway. No parking meters. ( my attempt at humor for the day. )
Parking in the University of Illinois cost about $13, Their parking is a little bit different... you pay upon entry, and they don't tow unless you put your car there for more than a week (may be even more... their enforcement are very lax). I have once tried parked there for 3 days, did not get towed.Looks like UIC has day rate parking between $11.50 and $13
Much quicker than the el, Thanks. Now I know that for future reference.Why not take Metra from Evanston? It'll be a bit longer than parking downtown, but it's unlikely you'll find any inexpensive parking downtown. It looks like there's an early Metra that should get you to Union Station in time.
I'm not sure why you're complaining when your own post is bordering on unreadable. Most of these abbreviations predated you by a generation or two. Millions of folks before us managed to figure it out and they didn't have Google or Amtrak.com to help them along. Sorry if I sound gruff but I have little patience when people draw attention to their own laziness.(Andersson wrote:
And everyone wonders why I use GBB as my departure point?)
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Anderson I had to look up GBB on Google (prefaced by Amtrak)' Galesburg...(not an intuitive abbreviation).
But why did I have to look it up? Please spell abbreviations out.
Chaz
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