Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-21 Thread Russ Housley
I used the train yesterday, and it worked as advertised. It took 45 minutes, and it was cheap. However, it will be even slower for people arriving this weekend. The train will stop running on a portion of the Blue Line Friday at 11PM (last night) until early Monday morning. A shuttle bus

Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-16 Thread Tim Chown
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 03:55:39PM -, John Levine wrote: ... walk from the Palmer House unless it's raining really hard. ... If it's raining, So there's me thinking Chicago in July will be mid 80's sunshine, and you mention rain twice in one email :) -- Tim

Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-16 Thread Brian E Carpenter
So there's me thinking Chicago in July will be mid 80's sunshine, and you mention rain twice in one email :) You can get the occasional thunderstorm of tropical intensity. Brian ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org

Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-16 Thread Janet P Gunn
When I look at the 10 day forecast for Chicago, 5 of the 10 days include some form of rain. But they agree with you about the temperature. Janet Tim Chown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/16/2007 09:58:35 AM: On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 03:55:39PM -, John Levine wrote: ... walk from the

Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-16 Thread sml
On Monday, 16 July 2007, Janet P Gunn wrote: When I look at the 10 day forecast for Chicago, 5 of the 10 days include some form of rain. But they agree with you about the temperature. Janet As a Chicagoan I can assure you that any forecast beyond the next 12 hours is useless. Of course,

Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-16 Thread Dave Crocker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a Chicagoan I can assure you that any forecast beyond the next 12 hours is useless. Just like a typical Chicagoan. Ridiculously optimistic about the weather. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

take the train in Chicago

2007-07-15 Thread Andy Bierman
FYI, According to the WEB, it is really easy and really cheap to take the train from the O'Hare airport to the IETF hotel. (I have not verified this info however...) From the airport: 1) Walk east on the terminal 2 CTA Rail Walkway to the station 2) Take the Blue line train southbound

Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-15 Thread John Levine
According to the WEB, it is really easy and really cheap to take the train from the O'Hare airport to the IETF hotel. The CTA is the subway, which is different from the suburban commuter train. You are correct that the CTA is by far the best way to get to downtown Chicago so long as you don't

Re: take the train in Chicago

2007-07-15 Thread Marshall Eubanks
I have done this and its a lot cheaper than a cab - note that CTA == subway. Note that there are two airports, O'Hare and Midway, and Midway is much closer to downtown. I generally find it cheaper and easier to get to Midway from inside the US, and you will be at your hotel faster. Note,