the taste of chicago is upon us, and starting tomorrow (Friday 24th), bike will not be allowed on metra through the 4th.

make alternate plans.

even though the fest is in the afternoon, and herds of people dont go outbound to the 'taste', metra has blocked all bikes on all trains, including a.m. outbound. this of course, makes no sense to me. they just created a blanket 'no' statement to avoid any questions.

last year, i took daily photos of both outbound in inbound trains to show the vast vacancy at the ADA seats where bikes go. only friday pm inbound was there any major ridership - but no more than your usual cubs or sox game ridership. unfortunately, metra does not accept emails and i could never forward those pictures. i wish they would reevaluate their stance on the blanket 'no' statement.

luckily, im outta town for next week.