Getting Around In Portland

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It was fast and convenient to get to and from the airport. The train stops just outside the terminal, and the ride cost me $2.80, with a total ride duration of about 45 minutes and a nice walk to the hotel.

To be fair, I should say that the Blue Line in Chicago will also take you to the airport from the Loop in about 45-50, so it’s mostly just me living in the wrong place :). On Friday, I left for the airport earlier to try to get there without Uber. I did, and the Red Line worked great, but with the connection and the Blue Line being generally slower, it totaled 1 hour and 50 minutes .

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2 thoughts on “Getting Around In Portland”

  1. FYI, there is a PACE bus route that connects the Evanston Davis CTA station with the western terminus of O’Hare’s people mover. It’s been decades since I’ve taken it and that was for a convention that was at one of the airport hotels. It was… leisurely but faster than going all the way downtown and back… as long as a missed connection would not be a catastrophe.

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  2. I am not sure it is faster. How frequent is it (if still exists?) If I have a luggage, I probably won’t walk to Howard, so it’s waiting for the red, and then waiting for the purple, and being in time for the bus. The bus schedule is very sparse :), it takes an hour from Davis to the MMT, and you still need to get to the actual terminals. So nope, not faster. But thank you for letting me know it exists!

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