We can easily support participants using
arriving and departing Chicago using any mode
of transportation,
public and private.
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about our transportation staging
points and other facilities and services
in Chicago.
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about individual arrival and departure.
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about our transportation staging points.
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Local Public Transportation
All transportation staging points in Chicago
are within walking or biking distance of all local public
transportation options. In fact, we strongly
recommend avoiding driving entirely to get to and/or
from the entire event if possible!
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local public transportation.
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Here for the earliest arrival and
latest departure times in downtown Chicago for
all CTA L and Metra train lines.
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long distance public transportation.
Long
Distance Public Transportation
If you will be travelling a long distance
such as from the east coast, west coast, or even
internationally, travelling through Chicago and
using our RAGBRAI transportation service can
be an extremely convenient and cost effective
option. Chicago is the largest public transportation
hub in the entire midwest and home to the closest
major international airports to RAGBRAI - O'Hare
(ORD) and Midway (MDW). Flying through Chicago
may be a much better alternative to flying through
the Omaha, Quad Cities, or Des Moines airports.
If you will be travelling by means of long distance
public transportation we have some VERY STRONG PLANNING
RECOMMENDATIONS to save yourself a significant amount
of hassle:
- Plan on arriving in Chicago no later than early
afternoon on the Friday before the start of RAGBRAI
and departing Chicago
no earlier than Sunday afternoon after the end of
RAGBRAI in order to give yourself enough time to
drop off and pick up your bicycle as part of our
standard
bicycle transportartion service. ABSOLUTELY
DO NOT PLAN ON ARRIVING IN CHICAGO ON THE SATURDAY
MORNING BEFORE THE START OF RAGBRAI WE ARE DEPARTING
OR LEAVING CHICAGO THE ON THE SATURDAY
NIGHT AFTER THE END OF RAGBRAI WE ARRIVE
BACK. Before the start of RAGBRAI
we cannot wait for you to arrive if you are not at
the Chicago hotel by the
time we are ready to depart Chicago.
We also
cannot
guarantee
our travel schedule, particularly our actual arrival
time back in Chicago after the end of RAGBRAI, and
we
will not be responsible for any fares you may lose
or additional costs you may incur if we do not arrive
back in time for you to fulfill your individual travel
schedule.
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the Saturday morning in Chicago before the start
of RAGBRAI.
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Here for more information about
the Saturday evening in Chicago after the end
of RAGBRAI.
- If you need to spend the night in in Chicago, you
should stay at the supported hotel. Many
other participants also will be staying there as
well.
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Here for more information
about the Chicago hotel.
- Ship your bicycle and do not carry it with you
at all.
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Here for more infomation about
transporting your bicycle aboard long distance
public transportation.
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Here for more infomation about
bicycle shipping.
- Drop off and pick up your fully assembled bicycle
with us as part of our standard bicycle transportation
service to make things
significantly easier and less hectic.
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Here for more infomation about
our standard bicycle transportation
service.
- If necessary, drop off and pick up your
fully assembled bicycle directly at the Chicago hotel
as
part of our premium bicycle transportation service
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Here for more infomation about
our premium bicycle transportation service.
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