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Here's the service notice as posted all over the CTA system, on buses and at rail stations.

Amtrak fights back: https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/14/amtrak-pushes-back-against-plans-expand-bus-hub-across-union-station Hey, someone must be reading my posts!

It is notable that, currently, Chicago Union Station is also closed to waiting passengers overnight; creating a conundrum if this is to become the temporary Greyhound terminal, too. Milwaukee, of course, is another example of a reasonable collaboration between Amtrak and Greyhound (Megabus...

I noticed it on my Transit app the other evening, when I was near Union Station, and thought about taking the trip as part of an alternative route home.

If CTA is pulling 175 buses (and just as many drivers) off the streets and their schedules to shuttle conventioneers, how can such NOT affect regular service? The other contrast is the neighborhood. In 1996 the city did a huge amount of cleanup in the area to show the convention attendees...

Another challenge is that they tend to get placed in areas which aren't always the greatest for economic development around them. Take the current Greyhound station in Chicago, for example, in what was once a sort of isolated industrial area. So, there really was nothing much around there...

If I recall correctly, for the 1996 DNC, CTA borrowed buses and drivers from other cities to maintain service levels, locally, while also providing special contracted charter service for the convention attendees. On a side note, I'm wondering where they will fly President Biden and Vice...

Here's a news piece on the situation. On my bus home tonight, I saw a service notice which encouraged riders systemwide to pay attention tp notifications and expect the unexpected in service changes next week.

I think the real concern in Chicago is staffing....and impressions. All the more so since delegates are being encouraged to visit 40 some neighborhoods rather than spending all their money and time downtown. This is, definitely, not a centralized convention, with even McCormick Place and the...

Columbus, a major city, looks so so sad. I was surprised this Spring, when visiting Indianapolis for the eclipse, that I couldn't get back to my neighborhood Airbnb (near a university) on the bus I took for sightseeing downtown because it was a quarter after 9 on a Sunday night. I had to Uber...

There are LOTS of regional bus services in the Chicago area, often to nearby smaller cities in Illinois and neighboring states, from O'Hare and Midway. Some even serve areas like suburban Woodfield Mall, as they are primarily shuttling college students to their university towns from their...

I like this analogy. But, I think it's a bit more like the airline bailout. I suppose that this needs to be viewed in terms of an urban infrastructure investment, which can benefit the city more than just the businesses which will use it. Though, I suppose the city could also fight back a...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-09/chicago-s-struggling-transit-system-gets-ready-for-the-dnc

San Francisco/Bay Area

Also Clark/Lake. But, point well taken. When these stations were built in the 1940s the societal situation was different, as well as how and why people rode transit. Though there is an L station two blocks from Union Station, perhaps no one ever thought of connections people might make there...

A wonderful piece of writing, solid journalism, filled with character from real world passenger perspective. It, definitely, paints a certain picture and viewpoint (which I'm not convinced is accurate to the whole, but definitely represents a significant element of the intercity bus riding...

Don't do it!!!! Other AU members will warn you about meeting me in person when visiting Chicago. I'm likely to lead you on one of Tim's Tours. You've met me once before, at a Gathering. Think twice about making that mistake again. :p But, if you must: meet someone else. From personal...

Fortunately, better research as to what money losers sports stadiums are for local governments, coupled with more aware citizenry, is starting to change this. In Chicago, the Sox and Bears are both begging for public money again. No one's biting at their bait. Conversely, Chicago...

To a certain extent, I think the bus station can be an economic driver. Not to the extent as an airport, obviously. But not as an afterthought/public necessity, either. How many people is it bringing to Chicago? How many Chicago area residents does it serve? How can the bus station be...

What's happening with the O'Hare Bus Center? Earlier this year, the city moved all regional bus operations from the bus center to the Multi Modal Facility: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doa/provdrs/dbata/news/2023/may/05122023.html And the city was also sheltering migrants in the bus...