Hello Everyone,
For those who don't want to take the Taxi fm. Midway to the Holiday Inn there is Public transit available Checkout: www.transitchicago.com
Please, once again ... if you have a choice of flights it is recommended that you arrive and depart from Chicago O'Hare (ORD). The Symposium hotel is adjacent to O'Hare and it is a 15 minute ride the way the roads are.
When it comes to hopefully finding public transit, Chicago Midway (MDW) is literally on the other side of the 7 million population metropolitan area. This means a multiple hour commute on public transit. Chicago's major public transit systems are organized spokewise from the Loop downtown.
From Midway you will end up taking the train 15 miles into the city; then
you need to find the next train for the 20 mile outbound trip to the O'Hare side of town. Driving a rental car from Midway's side of town to the area around O'Hare will require 45-90 minutes depending on time of day and road construction.
Any existing suburb-to-suburb public transit is sparse and often has limited hours at night and on weekends such as 2 to 3 hours between trains or 1 hour between busses. Public transit connections around O'Hare operate continuously if you want to plan a side excursion into the City.
O'Hare is Chicago's major airport although several of the smaller carriers and cheap flight package deals continue to use Midway Airport. Local folks have routes that work between these two sides of town ... but I'm thinking of someone from out of town flying in at 10PM ... Midway Airport is inconveniently located for the Symposium.
Previously posted on ANS and AMSAT-BB:
FLIGHT & AIRPORT INFORMATION ---------------------------- Chicago-O'Hare International Airport is the closest to the Chicago/ Elk Grove Holiday Inn Hotel. The hotel offers free hourly shuttle service to and from O'Hare Airport. Call the hotel upon arrival to let them know to come pick you up.
Caution! Several cheap flights to/from Chicago go to Midway Airport. Note that Chicago-Midway Airport is approximately 40 miles from the hotel and will require commuting or a $22.00 Shuttle fee. O'Hare Airport is served by all major air carriers.
... hopefully I didn't scare too many people away!
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected] Editor, AMSAT News Service Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal