[Ubuntu Chicago] It's official! Doc Jam - Sunday, January 17th

[Tim Burke]

IIRC, onshore is only a mile or two away from Union Station. Not that  
bad of a walk, or if anything you could take a cab.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 11, 2010, at 16:55, "Montel Edwards" <montel at member.fsf.org>  
wrote:

> Hmm,
> I'm not sure if I can go or not.
> Would there be any way I could take public transportation from Union
> Station to there?
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:54 PM,  <freddymartinez9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Metra riders please consider the weekend pass. Its 5 bucks and you  
>> can use it all weekend. When I travel I use it and its saved me  
>> close to 50 bucks in the last year.
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Steve Woodruff
>> Sender: ubuntu-us-chicago-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> To: r_a_smith3530 at sbcglobal.net
>> To: Ubuntu Chicago Local Community Team Mailing List
>> ReplyTo: Ubuntu Chicago Local Community Team Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu Chicago] It's official! Doc Jam - Sunday,  
>> January 17th
>> Sent: Jan 10, 2010 17:52
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Steve Woodruff <swoody at ubuntu.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:22 PM,  <r_a_smith3530 at sbcglobal.net>  
>>> wrote:
>>>> Which Metra line is that?
>>>
>>> I may be mistaken, but I believe that's the Milwaukee District/West
>>> Line. From what I can see, the OTC and Union Station are *roughly*  
>>> the
>>> same distance from the Jam as the Western stop, so you would  
>>> probably
>>> be fine with any of the lines that go to those stops.
>>
>>
>> For anyone who's going to be riding the rails to the Jam, I took a
>> quick look, and came up with all the nearby stops/stations I could
>> find. For Metra stations, there seems to be a few options to pick  
>> from
>> [1]. For CTA riders, it looks like the two closest stops would be
>> Chicago Ave or Division St on the Blue Line [2].
>>
>> --
>> Steve Woodruff
>> swoody at ubuntu.com
>>
>> [1] http://tinyurl.com/ydp56e6
>> [2] http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/maps/ 
>> default.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list
>> Ubuntu-us-chicago at lists.ubuntu.com
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>> --
>> Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list
>> Ubuntu-us-chicago at lists.ubuntu.com
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago
>>
>
> -- 
> Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list
> Ubuntu-us-chicago at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago