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Permalink Reply by dan brown on June 28, 2013 at 10:02am

 RE : "It's only one day"  ... well not really. It seems the list of METRA (bike) black-out days expands more and more. First for taste of Chicago; then Blues/Jazz Fest; Lollapalooza, air and water show, Crosstown Classic (Soxf vs. Cubs) then blah blah blah.....when you add up all the

black out days I bet it amounts to quite a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Weeks on June 28, 2013 at 3:10pm

There are lots of lock-out days, and rush hour every weekday. For people with regular job hours, this relegates the bike to occasional use and requires a ready-to-use back-up transportation modality. Until METRA provides *regular* (meaning "at all times") bike accommodations, IMO the only way to commute by bike and rail is to use a folder.

This morning, as I rode down the more-crowded-than-usual platform, I saw pitying expressions on several faces... "poor guy; he doesn't know about the block-out". Normal commute, not a peep out of the conductor. :-)

Steve

dan brown said:

 RE : "It's only one day"  ... well not really. It seems the list of METRA (bike) black-out days expands more and more. First for taste of Chicago; then Blues/Jazz Fest; Lollapalooza, air and water show, Crosstown Classic (Soxf vs. Cubs) then blah blah blah.....when you add up all the

black out days I bet it amounts to quite a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on June 29, 2013 at 12:55am

Cool Steve!  I'll use my Dahon next time I have to use Metra on a black out day!

Steve Weeks said:

There are lots of lock-out days, and rush hour every weekday. For people with regular job hours, this relegates the bike to occasional use and requires a ready-to-use back-up transportation modality. Until METRA provides *regular* (meaning "at all times") bike accommodations, IMO the only way to commute by bike and rail is to use a folder.

This morning, as I rode down the more-crowded-than-usual platform, I saw pitying expressions on several faces... "poor guy; he doesn't know about the block-out". Normal commute, not a peep out of the conductor. :-)

Steve

dan brown said:

 RE : "It's only one day"  ... well not really. It seems the list of METRA (bike) black-out days expands more and more. First for taste of Chicago; then Blues/Jazz Fest; Lollapalooza, air and water show, Crosstown Classic (Soxf vs. Cubs) then blah blah blah.....when you add up all the

black out days I bet it amounts to quite a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Weeks on June 30, 2013 at 3:55pm

Just be sure to remember the bag... some of the condutors can be sticky about it< and it *is* the rule.

Steve

Matt M. 18.5KM said:

Cool Steve!  I'll use my Dahon next time I have to use Metra on a black out day!

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