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Routes that runs on bunch of places of interests, shops, restaurants, attractions.

Mines are:

9/9X- Ashland

11- Lincoln/Sedgwick

21/322 - Cermak

22- Clark

36- Broadway

49/49X/49B/349 Western

53A South Pulauski

X54/54B/54A/383 Cicero

56 Milwaukee

62 Archer

72/318 North

73 Armitage

77 Belmont

80/X80 Irving Park

81 Lawrence

90/307/386 Harlem

95W/381 95th St.

124 Navy Pier

125 Water Tower Exp

127 Roosevelt/Madison Circulator

All Routes runs on North Michigan

151 Sheridan

155 Devon

208 Golf Road

213 Green Bay Road (NorthBrook Mall)

250 Dempster

270 North Milwaukee

272 Milwaukee Corridor

290 Touhy

330 Mannheim/ La Grange

357 Lincoln Hwy (Lincoln Mall area), Hopelly to get 383 to Lincoln Mall)

358 Torrence (River Oaks Area)

364 159th

370 South Halsted (Homewood)

385 87th/111th/127th

423 N Harlem

426 Evanston- Downtown Chicago

507 Plainfield

530 Fox Valley-Naperville

549 Randall Road

554 Schuamburg/ Elgin

565 Grand (Gurnee Mills)

606 Northwest Limited ( To My favorite store- Meijer)

626 Skokie Valley

711 Gary- Stratford Square

747 Du Page Corridor

834 Joliet/ Yorktown

I know its alot.

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Routes that runs on bunch of places of interests, shops, restaurants, attractions.

Mines are:

9/9X- Ashland

11- Lincoln/Sedgwick

21/322 - Cermak

22- Clark

36- Broadway

49/49X/49B/349 Western

53A South Pulauski

X54/54B/54A/383 Cicero

56 Milwaukee

62 Archer

72/318 North

73 Armitage

77 Belmont

80/X80 Irving Park

81 Lawrence

90/307/386 Harlem

95W/381 95th St.

124 Navy Pier

125 Water Tower Exp

All Routes runs on North Michigan

151 Sheridan

155 Devon

208 Golf Road

213 Green Bay Road (NorthBrook Mall)

250 Dempster

270 North Milwaukee

272 Milwaukee Corridor

290 Touhy

330 Mannheim/ La Grange

357 Lincoln Hwy (Lincoln Mall area), Hopelly to get 383 to Lincoln Mall)

358 Torrence (River Oaks Area)

364 159th

370 South Halsted (Homewood)

385 87th/111th/127th

423 N Harlem

426 Evanston- Downtown Chicago

507 Plainfield

530 Fox Valley-Naperville

549 Lake St.

554 Schuamburg/ Elgin

565 Grand (Gurnee Mills)

606 Northwest Limited ( To My favorite store- Meijer)

626 Skokie Valley

711 Gary- Stratford Square

747 Du Page Corridor

834 Joliet/ Yorktown

I know its alot.

I liked the old 135 and 136, before the 135 became the Clarendon/LaSalle Express and before both routes went to the Drive at Wacker. Today, I like the 156.

The 157 is in my heart because I used to take it to visit my dad at Northwestern before he died. I got very used to those Flyers. I also like the 2 and the 26.

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I liked the old 135 and 136, before the 135 became the Clarendon/LaSalle Express and before both routes went to the Drive at Wacker. Today, I like the 156.

The 157 is in my heart because I used to take it to visit my dad at Northwestern before he died. I got very used to those Flyers. I also like the 2 and the 26.

I agree on 157, I love that route too and I totally missed those Flyer D901s on that route along with 156, 145 Local in 90s.

For TcMetro, I love 156 too, and I guess the reason why it doesnt run weekends because the most places on LaSalle in the loop barely open on weekends, most riders on that route works in offices and lives in Lincoln Park/Lakeview area.

But I have a question, does people who park their cars in front of 156 bus stop have their cars get towed? Because everytime I trying to find a parking to go entertaining on Friday/Sat Nights, there are some people park their cars in front of the bus stop on LaSalle, I was goin to park mines there but I was scared to have my car get towed.

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  • 3 months later...

My favorite routes are

CTA

3 King Drive (McCormick Place, Michigan Ave, Bronzeville)

6 Jackson Park Express (MSI, UChicago, Jackson Park, Hyde Park)

8 Halsted (Greektown, Lincoln Park-Lakeview)

10 Museum Of Science and Industry

11 Lincoln/Sedgwick (Old Town-Skokie Sculpture Park)

18 16th-18th (Pilsen)

21 Cermak (Chinatown, McCormick Place, Pilsen)

22 Clark (Downtown-Lakeview, Wrigley Field, Chicago History Museum, Zoo, Andersonville)

29 State (IIT, Downtown, Navy Pier)

36 Broadway (Downtown-Lakeview)

49 Western (Lincoln Square)

49B North Western (Lincoln Square, Devon)

55 Garfield (MSI, Washington Park, Hyde Park, UChicago)

56 Milwaukee (Wicker Park/Bucktown)

66 Chicago (Streeterville-River North)

72 North Ave (Lakefront-Wicker Park/Bucktown)

73 Armitage (Lakefront-Lincoln Park)

77 Belmont (Lakefront-Western)

81 Lawrence (Ravenswood-Lincoln Square)

84 Peterson (North Park Village Nature Center)

93 California/Dodge (Downtown Evanston, Devon)

97 Skokie (Old Orchard Mall, Skokie Sculpture Park) *Frequent and reliable service B)

124 Navy Pier

125 Water Tower Express

127 Roosevelt/Madison Circulator (Perfect Metra Connector)

146 Inner Drive Express (Museum Campus & Lakefront)

147 Outer Drive Express (fast substitute 4 red line, Michigan Ave & Lakefront) :D

151 Sheridan (Lakefront & Zoo)

155 Devon (Diverse stores and resturaunts from Damen-Kedzie)

201 Central/Ridge (Central St, Northwestern & Downtown Evanston)

205 Chicago/Golf (Downtown Evanston, Old Orchard, Skokie Sculpture Park)

Pace

208 Golf Rd (Downtown Evanston, Skokie Sculpture Park, Forest Preserve & Old Orchard, Golf Mill)

213 Green Bay Rd (Downtown Evanston, Wilmette & Chicago Botanic Gardens) *Dependable

215 Crawford/Howard (Old Orchard Mall, Skokie Sculpture Park) * Very Reliable

250 Dempster St (Downtown Evanston, Skokie Sculpture Park) * Very Reliable B)

290 Touhy Ave (Village Crossing, Lincolnwood Town Center, Leaning Tower of Niles, Skokie Sculpture Park) *One of the more Reliable pace routes B)

422 Lake Ave (Gilson Park, Baha'i Temple, Old Orchard, Edens Plaza) Service is not as good as it used to be. :angry:

423 Linden CTA-Glenview (Sheridan Rd)

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Routes that runs on bunch of places of interests, shops, restaurants, attractions.

Mines are:

9/9X- Ashland

11- Lincoln/Sedgwick

21/322 - Cermak

22- Clark

36- Broadway

49/49X/49B/349 Western

53A South Pulauski

X54/54B/54A/383 Cicero

56 Milwaukee

62 Archer

72/318 North

73 Armitage

77 Belmont

80/X80 Irving Park

81 Lawrence

90/307/386 Harlem

95W/381 95th St.

124 Navy Pier

125 Water Tower Exp

127 Roosevelt/Madison Circulator

All Routes runs on North Michigan

151 Sheridan

155 Devon

208 Golf Road

213 Green Bay Road (NorthBrook Mall)

250 Dempster

270 North Milwaukee/Golf Mill

272 Milwaukee Corridor

290 Touhy

330 Mannheim/ La Grange

357 Lincoln Hwy (Lincoln Mall area), Hopelly to get 383 to Lincoln Mall)

358 Torrence (River Oaks Area)

364 159th

370 South Halsted (Homewood)

385 87th/111th/127th

423 N Harlem

426 Evanston- Downtown Chicago

507 Plainfield

530 Fox Valley-Naperville

549 Randall Road

554 Schuamburg/ Elgin

565 Grand (Gurnee Mills)

606 Northwest Limited ( To My favorite store- Meijer)

626 Skokie Valley

711 Gary- Stratford Square

747 Du Page Corridor

834 Joliet/ Yorktown

I know its alot.

By the way Quan if you ever board my bus route (606) by all means give a shout out. Any of my fellow busfans here are welcomed to ride and take pics. My favs in order are....

CTA Routes

80/X80 Irving Park/Irving Park Exp

40 OHare Express(retired route)

77 Belmont

54A N Cic/Skokie Blvd.

68 NW Highway

145 Wilson Mich. Exp

203 Ridge/Grant

60 Blue Island/26

Pace Routes

606 NW Limited

600 NW Exp

616 Chancellory

326 West Irving Pk

696 Woodfield/Arlington Hts/Randhurst

270 Milwaukee

209 DesPlaines

And how about favorite CTA/Pace garage...

CTA

North Ave.

Forest Glen

Pace

NW

North

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And how about favorite CTA/Pace garage...

CTA

North Ave.

Forest Glen

Pace

NW

North

For CTA I go for:

Archer

Forest Glen

North Park (Only if the MANs still around)

Pace I go for:

Southwest and North Shore (For Nova Classics)

Northwest

Heritage

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  • 15 years later...

My favorite Pace routes are:

213 Green Bay Road

411 West Niles Local

290 Touhy Avenue

209 Busse Highway

100 Pulse Milwaukee Line

101 Pulse Dempster Line

226 Oakton Street

330 Mannheim - LaGrange Roads

208 Golf Road

423 Linden CTA - The Glen - Harlem CTA

My favorite CTA routes are:

85A North Central

68 Northwest Highway

88 Higgins

97 Skokie

22 Clark

201 Central/Ridge

84 Peterson

90 Harlem

86 Narragansett/Ridgeland

54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd

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  • 3 months later...

I'll have a go at this, I have nothing going on right now so why not? It's gonna be skewed because the farthest south I've taken the buses is 59th street (appx) and I rarely ride pace

Pace:

290 Touhy

213 Green Bay Road (one of the first Pace routes I rode and it goes to my grandma's house)

318 North Avenue

Milwaukee Pulse

CTA:

78 Montrose (Love Hate relationship)

50 Damen (my childhood was based around the 50)

77 Belmont (same reason as last one)

X49 (I used to love riding it home from school when it came back)

151 (just so funny how pathetically slow and unreliable it is)

66 (electric bus go brrr)

146 (flying down LSD is amazing)

If I did least favorite routes, the list would be a LOT longer

 

 

 

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