芝加哥出行攻略

该市的许多着名景点彼此相距甚远。如果天气允许,步行是游览城市以及隐藏的宝藏建筑和公共艺术宝藏的最佳方式。在规划路线时,请记住每 8 个街区距离约等于 1 英里。

CTA(芝加哥交通管理局)的公共汽车和火车是进入城市和周围地区快速且经济的方式。它也被称为“L”,而且在火车上也可以从不同的角度观看城市环路。

CTA访客通行证可无限次乘坐所有CTA火车和公共汽车,且易于使用。它们在您首次使用时激活,并且在购买天数内有效。使用也十分简单,只需在巴士售票机或火车站十字转门处轻触您的通票即可。查看 CTA 网站,了解最新票价和旅行提醒。

出行小贴士: 在巴士上时,您不能在通行证上充值,因此,如果您没有购买无限次乘车证,请注意卡上剩余的金额。但是,您可以在火车站和沃尔格林等地进行充值。

芝加哥大部分地区都很容易找到出租车,出租车收费取决于汽油价格和乘客人数,可能会有点贵,但这是一种快速便捷游览城市特别是市中心外的方法。

想要更加实惠,您可以使用Lyft或Uber等拼车应用程序,这些应用程序在芝加哥很多,并且易于使用。如果您想拼车,请务必提前下载这些软件。

如果时间和天气允许,不如租一辆自行车。芝加哥的湖畔拥有26英里不间断的自行车道和步行道。在海军码头和千禧公园可从Bike and Roll获得半天的自行车租借服务。

自己驾车绝对很方便,但如何在市中心停车会是一个大问题。停车库是最简单的选择,但每小时停车费可能很昂贵(在热门社区每小时停车费达30美元以上)。

Chicago's O'Hare is one of the world's busiest airports. It's about 15 miles northwest of the Loop in downtown Chicago. O'Hare has 5 terminals, all of which have information booths and multilingual employees to assist you.

If you have a lot of baggage and want to get into town by car, you have 2 main options: taxis or GO Airport Express. Taxis are everywhere at the airport. Airport Express vans provide service to most hotels in Chicago and must be reserved ahead of time. For either option, you can expect the ride to downtown to take at least 30 minutes, but up to 2 hours in heavy traffic, so plan accordingly.

Public transportation provides an affordable alternative and avoids traffic. From O'Hare, the Blue Line takes you downtown in about 40 minutes. Trains leave every 6-10 minutes during the day and every half-hour in the evening and overnight.

Although it's smaller than O'Hare, Midway is closer to the Loop and services more discount airlines (but fewer airlines overall). If you're looking for a good deal on plane tickets, check out flights to Midway.

The options for getting into town by car are similar to those for O'Hare – taxis and Airport Express vans are both easily available (reservations required for the latter). The car ride takes about 20 minutes without traffic. Getting downtown from Midway by public transportation is fast and easy, but the Orange Line, which services Midway, stops operating between the hours of 11.30PM and 5AM.

For those traveling with lots of luggage, beware that the train station is a good walk from the terminal. The Orange Line runs every 6-15 minutes and takes about 25 minutes to get downtown.