Actual, I have taken the Metra, but Union Station isn't nearly as convenient for me so it doesn't really save me any time. The inflexibility of departure times is also an issue. Nevertheless, it is a viable option for some.

And Kyle, I do agree with you about lifestyle choices. But the Ike has run thru OP for 50 yrs. Anyone below the age of 70 here who lives near the expressway or lives in a town split by one has made that lifestyle choice. And I don't buy that...

I think every 12 min is quite reasonable...if it kept up that schedule all day 7 days a week. The problem is off-peak and weekends. Not to mention that you get spit out at a train station fairly far across the loop from where you want to be...

John Butch Murtagh from Oak Park, Illinois, lets say you study the housing project and it doesn't work out, what do you do then? Not allow anymore? What doesn't make sense if people already work in Oak Park, and live in Oak Park, then what...

Kyle, during morning rush Metra runs every 12 min on avg. The Blue Line runs every 9-10 min. Even if you survive the harrowing walk to the bleak Harlem Blue Line station and catch your train 3 minutes earlier than Metra, you will still arrive...

Well deserved,Sgt. Grill.To all those in Oak Park who boast about the low crime rate,note the third paragraph,"the statement said the department has experienced a "staggering" increase in its crime clearance rate at 242 percent.It is...

VMA should get credit for Oak Park being rated #1 by the readers of the Chicago Reader paper. we beat out Naperville, Glenview, Hinsdale, Evanston, etc... Somebody pass this along to Murtagh, Coughlin(enuf), Golden, Marsey, Barsotti, Milstein,...

Just because Annette Bening is older and has been nominated more doesn't mean she did a better job in her film. Not to mention the conceit of the film: lesbians are only lesbians until they meet the right man. Wes Anderson is no underdog. At...

Like Kyle said, you don't solve your weight problem by buying larger pants - buying a size that is still too small does not help, either, as then you're just lying to yourself . . . IDOT's plan is the bigger pants syndrome. I...

Bottom line is that we have deployed the same strategy for solving congestion and improving safety for several decades without success. We have the most extensive modern road network on the planet. So, we should keep doing the same thing? Congestion...