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    • Minion QueenM
      Minion Queen @JaredBusch
      last edited by

      @JaredBusch I know a few people are talking about driving.... You might be able to pick up some passengers on your way here

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
        last edited by

        @JaredBusch said:

        Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

        There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @scottalanmiller said:

          @JaredBusch said:

          Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

          There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

          I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

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          • Minion QueenM
            Minion Queen
            last edited by

            Yes they are horrible about delays. Drives me nuts.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @Minion Queen
              last edited by

              @Minion-Queen said:

              @JaredBusch I know a few people are talking about driving.... You might be able to pick up some passengers on your way here

              I dunno if it was this thread or another, but yeah, we had a conversation about that. I could do a 3-4 carpool easy from here.

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              • coliverC
                coliver @JaredBusch
                last edited by

                @JaredBusch said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                @JaredBusch said:

                Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @coliver
                  last edited by

                  @coliver said:

                  @JaredBusch said:

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @JaredBusch said:

                  Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                  There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                  I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                  Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

                  If you want to be on a schedule, Amtrak is bad for everywhere outside the NY to DC run.
                  For vacation, it could be easily doable if you are not in a hurry.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @coliver
                    last edited by

                    @coliver said:

                    @JaredBusch said:

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @JaredBusch said:

                    Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                    There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                    I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                    Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

                    The stretch through Albany is terrible, delays of 2-6 hours are standard. Chicago to Rochester, i thought, was pretty reliable, but have not taken it. For a vacation it is perfectly fine, your schedule is your own. I would do it too.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      @JaredBusch said:

                      @coliver said:

                      @JaredBusch said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @JaredBusch said:

                      Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                      There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                      I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                      Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

                      If you want to be on a schedule, Amtrak is bad for everywhere outside the NY to DC run.
                      For vacation, it could be easily doable if you are not in a hurry.

                      Hmm, we were thinking of picking up either in Syracuse or Utica... the southern-tier has basically nothing as far as commuter rail goes.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @coliver
                        last edited by

                        @coliver said:

                        @JaredBusch said:

                        @coliver said:

                        @JaredBusch said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @JaredBusch said:

                        Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                        There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                        I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                        Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

                        If you want to be on a schedule, Amtrak is bad for everywhere outside the NY to DC run.
                        For vacation, it could be easily doable if you are not in a hurry.

                        Hmm, we were thinking of picking up either in Syracuse or Utica... the southern-tier has basically nothing as far as commuter rail goes.

                        Literally nothing. No trains the whole way.

                        Utica has the best station. My favourite Amtrak station anywhere. I use it all of the time. It's grand. nothing like the boring box in Rochester.

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                        • Minion QueenM
                          Minion Queen
                          last edited by

                          They are starting to put in a New Station in Rochester next summer (it wont be done by Saturday).

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                          • coliverC
                            coliver @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @coliver said:

                            @JaredBusch said:

                            @coliver said:

                            @JaredBusch said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @JaredBusch said:

                            Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                            There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                            I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                            Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

                            If you want to be on a schedule, Amtrak is bad for everywhere outside the NY to DC run.
                            For vacation, it could be easily doable if you are not in a hurry.

                            Hmm, we were thinking of picking up either in Syracuse or Utica... the southern-tier has basically nothing as far as commuter rail goes.

                            Literally nothing. No trains the whole way.

                            Utica has the best station. My favourite Amtrak station anywhere. I use it all of the time. It's grand. nothing like the boring box in Rochester.

                            They are trying to get a commuter rail in place from Oneonta to Cooperstown and want to tie it into Utica in the next 5-7 years.... funding is starting to be an issue though.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
                              last edited by

                              @Minion-Queen said:

                              They are starting to put in a New Station in Rochester next summer (it wont be done by Saturday).

                              They've been putting that in for a long time. I saw the hole in the ground when I was at the train station this past summer.

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                              • coliverC
                                coliver @Minion Queen
                                last edited by

                                @Minion-Queen said:

                                They are starting to put in a New Station in Rochester next summer (it wont be done by Saturday).

                                They were working on that when I was in school there I think... that was 3 years ago.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @coliver
                                  last edited by

                                  @coliver said:

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @coliver said:

                                  @JaredBusch said:

                                  @coliver said:

                                  @JaredBusch said:

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @JaredBusch said:

                                  Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                                  There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                                  I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                                  Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

                                  If you want to be on a schedule, Amtrak is bad for everywhere outside the NY to DC run.
                                  For vacation, it could be easily doable if you are not in a hurry.

                                  Hmm, we were thinking of picking up either in Syracuse or Utica... the southern-tier has basically nothing as far as commuter rail goes.

                                  Literally nothing. No trains the whole way.

                                  Utica has the best station. My favourite Amtrak station anywhere. I use it all of the time. It's grand. nothing like the boring box in Rochester.

                                  They are trying to get a commuter rail in place from Oneonta to Cooperstown and want to tie it into Utica in the next 5-7 years.... funding is starting to be an issue though.

                                  That would be amazing but I don't see it happening. What a weird run to add, but absolutely perfect for me as I always want to specifically go from Utica to Cooperstown. So sad that it is down the road, not now. My SIL was from Utica and went to Oneonta, that would have been perfect for her. And my in laws are moving out of Utica next year, so too late for us to use. 😞

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                                  • coliverC
                                    coliver @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @coliver said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @coliver said:

                                    @JaredBusch said:

                                    @coliver said:

                                    @JaredBusch said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @JaredBusch said:

                                    Best non-stop i can get currently out of O'Hare is $270. Still deciding if I want to drive or fly.

                                    There is a train for you too, direct. But it is long.

                                    I will never take Amtrak anywhere that I want to get to on a schedule.

                                    Is Amtrak bad from NY to Chicago? We are thinking about visiting some my wife's family this summer and she wants to take the train.

                                    If you want to be on a schedule, Amtrak is bad for everywhere outside the NY to DC run.
                                    For vacation, it could be easily doable if you are not in a hurry.

                                    Hmm, we were thinking of picking up either in Syracuse or Utica... the southern-tier has basically nothing as far as commuter rail goes.

                                    Literally nothing. No trains the whole way.

                                    Utica has the best station. My favourite Amtrak station anywhere. I use it all of the time. It's grand. nothing like the boring box in Rochester.

                                    They are trying to get a commuter rail in place from Oneonta to Cooperstown and want to tie it into Utica in the next 5-7 years.... funding is starting to be an issue though.

                                    That would be amazing but I don't see it happening. What a weird run to add, but absolutely perfect for me as I always want to specifically go from Utica to Cooperstown. So sad that it is down the road, not now. My SIL was from Utica and went to Oneonta, that would have been perfect for her. And my in laws are moving out of Utica next year, so too late for us to use. 😞

                                    Yep, it has been talked about a lot lately it seems that more and more people are coming to the colleges from the northeast and a train route would be a huge incentive to bring students in. They also want to alleviate some of the traffic during baseball season on 88. Oneonta used to be the central hub for most of the southern-tier rail... all of the right-of-ways still exist from what I've read.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      NY needs to do something to reinvent themselves. They need to look to Europe and build out a serious public transportation system. NY is too deep to go to the low tax systems that Texas or Florida do to inspire growth. They and California need to go European with high taxes and huge social services to make it work. They could do it, if they are smart about it. They need a LOT of rail and they need it to really work, unlike it is today. But the I90 corridor and the ST corridor are so dense and linear that they could, even with all the open space, pull off a European style structure out there if they were smart.

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                                      • Minion QueenM
                                        Minion Queen
                                        last edited by

                                        If they did a better rail system in NY more people would travel into the City. I know if the train was more reliable I would take it to NYC instead of driving every time.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @Minion Queen
                                          last edited by

                                          @Minion-Queen said:

                                          If they did a better rail system in NY more people would travel into the City. I know if the train was more reliable I would take it to NYC instead of driving every time.

                                          My situation is different as Illinois is not as densly populated as the east coast, but that unreliability is exactly why I have to drive to St Louis and back every two weeks instead of taking a train.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @JaredBusch
                                            last edited by Dashrender

                                            @JaredBusch said:

                                            @Minion-Queen said:

                                            If they did a better rail system in NY more people would travel into the City. I know if the train was more reliable I would take it to NYC instead of driving every time.

                                            My situation is different as Illinois is not as densly populated as the east coast, but that unreliability is exactly why I have to drive to St Louis and back every two weeks instead of taking a train.

                                            How long does that trip take you?
                                            how many miles is it?
                                            I'm guessing your hourly, are you getting paid overtime when you drive outside of work hours?

                                            I wonder if it could be economical for you to fly instead?

                                            Statistically it's safer.

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