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  CTA Locals prefer the Chicago Transit Authority. You can pay in cash, but it's much easier (and a bit cheaper*) to purchase a transit card. You can buy one at the airport, the Dominick's Grocery Store 1/2 block north of the hotel on Halsted Street, or at any train station. Get bus and train arrival time information from the CTA mobile site: http://www.transitchicago.com/mobile/ If you don't have a transit card, a cash trip will cost you $2.25. Exact change is required. *As of last month, it now costs $5 to travel to and from O'Hare airport via the train. Hello, tourist tax! * Other CTA transit tracking apps - find out if a bus or train is forthcoming: http://www.transitchicago.com/apps/* Taxis Reasonably-priced for short trips around the Loop, but if you're going to the airport, the CTA is more reliable (traffic-wise) and cheaper option. Call or book online:  Flash Cab: (773) 561-4444 http://www.flashcab.com/ Yellow Cab: (312) TAXICAB http://www.yellowcabchicago.com/ Chicago Carriage: (312) 326-CAB1 http://www.chicagocarriagecab.com/ The Uber ride ordering service does operating in Chicago, including taxi hailing from the Uber app. https://www.uber.com This is probably only useful to people who already use Uber in other cities, since you have to set up an account with them.   ===UIC-Halsted El Stop to Hotel, Visual Cue=== [[File:http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8472/8444693607_3fdffcf6d5_z.jpg]]  If you'll be coming to the hotel from the CTA Blue Line, note that there are three exits from the UIC Halsted station. To make sure you exit directly onto Halsted Street, look down the platform until you spot either the Sears Tower or the freeway signs to Indiana/Wisconsin. Walk in that direction all the way down the platform. The Halsted exit will have a ramp instead of stairs (easier for your suitcase).