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Not sure where your coming from or going to but have you considered using one of the outlying stations (Clybourn, Ravenswood, Western). Much more convenient as you don't have to buy the ticket at the station but can buy it once on the train. Not sure if these areas are any safer to leave a bike locked though.
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caveot emptor if you lock your bike up anywhere over night in this city. And especially by union. unless it's a beater bike, those probably won't get messed with.
My friends Sam and Sarah locked their bikes to a fence near Union Station to hop Megabus and their U-locks were promptly sawed (damaging one of the bikes) and placed in a health club storage room.
Miraculously they managed to track them down and get them back. I would not lock to anything but a city bike rack or sanctioned meter downtown. Personally I would not leave my bike downtown for a multi-day trip but Duppie seems to have done OK by his account.
The City's bike map shows the location of bike racks installed inside CTA stations,
which would keep your bike out of the elements and probably a bit more secure.
The Clinton Green/Pink station and Jackson Blue station are both about a 10-minute
walk from Union Station. The Clinton rack is in the "paid" area, so if you shell out $2.25
to get through the turnstyle, you'll get extra security because only customers can access
your bike. The Jackson rack is in the unpaid area so it's free.
John Greenfield
However, with a bike being locked up in a busy section, the greater chances you have with someone witnessing your bike being stolen or tampered with,or possibly scaring the bike thief off......
Well, that's what I would have said before starting the registry and sifting through 1000+ reports, and that assumption is specifically why the registy polls for descriptive location information (in front of open business, closed business, etc.)
Surprisingly, actual real-world evidence has not borne out the validity of the above assertion as anything more than an unsupported personal opinion.
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