Commute to Bronzville (nursing, building, shuttle)

[Flicka6]

Originally Posted by mycrows

Definitely a place to be cautious, though. Just south of there is pretty rough.

Thanks for the advice mycrows. I plan to be cautious everywhere. I've spent time in North Minneapolis...but I've been in my car

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by Flicka6

I would be closer to the Green 35th Bronzeville IIT stop on the way home, but could probably just keep going to the Red Line Sox-35th station if that is safer?...

If taking the CTA I would go to the Green Line station.

Your best bet might be to find a place to live that is near the Metra and take the shuttle bus to and from the campus and the Ogilvie (Northwestern station) transportation center.

http://www.iit.edu/directory/shuttlebus.html

[mycrows]

Originally Posted by Flicka6

I would be closer to the Green 35th Bronzeville IIT stop on the way home, but could probably just keep going to the Red Line Sox-35th station if that is safer??

If you're really worried about it, you could also just jump on the cottage grove bus (#4) right at Indiana and 32nd towards downtown, and then switch to the Red Line at Roosevelt or Jackson. If you use cta bus tracker (www.ctabustracker.com) you won't even have to wait around outside for it. Save a little walking, too.

[Flicka6]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

If taking the CTA I would go to the Green Line station.

Your best bet might be to find a place to live that is near the Metra and take the shuttle bus to and from the campus and the Ogilvie (Northwestern station) transportation center.

IIT/AboutIIT

Thanks for the link. Can you actually take the shuttle if you're not going to IIT?

The Green line stop would actually be closer to my final destination on 34th st and Indiana, but then I'd have to transfer to and from the Red line in the loop, which is the main cause of this 45 minute commute I think.

I'm guessing that it'd be shorter if I could just get on at the Sox stop and stay on the red line all the way home, but it's not letting me plug that in on hopstop

[Flicka6]

Originally Posted by mycrows

If you're really worried about it, you could also just jump on the cottage grove bus (#4) right at Indiana and 32nd towards downtown, and then switch to the Red Line at Roosevelt or Jackson. If you use cta bus tracker (www.ctabustracker.com) you won't even have to wait around outside for it. Save a little walking, too.

Good suggestion. I didn't think about that

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by Flicka6

Good suggestion. I didn't think about that

Mycrows must have better luck than I do with bustracker. For the most part every time it tells me that the 72 will arrive at a certain time I always either miss it by several minutes or end up waiting 10. When CTA first launched it I thought it would be a great time saver but there are certainly still some kinks that need to worked out.

[Flicka6]

Originally Posted by surlycue

Mycrows must have better luck than I do with bustracker. For the most part every time it tells me that the 72 will arrive at a certain time I always either miss it by several minutes or end up waiting 10. When CTA first launched it I thought it would be a great time saver but there are certainly still some kinks that need to worked out.

Thanks for the info Surlycue. I've never really taken buses, so it should be an eye opener for me. I'll remember to not expect too much.

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by Flicka6

Thanks for the info Surlycue. I've never really taken buses, so it should be an eye opener for me. I'll remember to not expect too much.

that's a smart way to approach many things in Chicago. sometimes you may even be pleasantly surprised.

[mycrows]

Originally Posted by surlycue

Mycrows must have better luck than I do with bustracker. For the most part every time it tells me that the 72 will arrive at a certain time I always either miss it by several minutes or end up waiting 10. When CTA first launched it I thought it would be a great time saver but there are certainly still some kinks that need to worked out.

Yeah, I'm really positive about bus tracker. I've never tracked the 72 (that's North Ave right?) but maybe that route has more unpredictable traffic. I literally never miss the bus when I track 8, 44, 4, 24 or 39.

The only problem I've had is that sometimes it doesn't "see" a bus. Sometimes it will say there's not going to be a bus for, say, 15 minutes, and then one will go by right away. I guess the GPS unit is broken on some of them.

But if Flicka's office faces Indiana, she could use the "original bus tracker" (looking out the window).

[Flicka6]

Originally Posted by mycrows

But if Flicka's office faces Indiana, she could use the "original bus tracker" (looking out the window).

So true, mycrows.