Screw you. Seriously…read more On a night (-30 windchills last night) where the CTA had a chance to be a hero ONCE AGAIN, you blew it. Do you actually look at the schedule, or is it just waste paper for the driver to read when they're bored? I use this route once a week to go to U of C to do my radio show. Public transit to Hyde Park is spotty and unreliable at best, shoddy, shabby and non-existant at worst. Getting there - okay, I ride from Garfield Red line to 57th/University. Easy, and I can also catch the 55 or X55 to get me there. Coming back though, it's a crap shoot as to whether or not there'll actually be a bus waiting for me when I come downstairs to the stop near the Reynolds Club at the appointed time - between 6:55 to 7:05. I'd asked the driver before I left, what time the 7ish bus would be returning to 57th/University. He consulted his schedule, and with a lot of brow furrowing and "uhhhh" and trying to develop an opposed thumb to grasp said schedule, finally determined that it'd be back at 6:55. Bueno. Perfect. Stay warm, my friend, see you then. Sooooo, not wanting to be left freezing (though I was, and seriously felt like Shackelton sans sled dogs) I got to the stop at 6:50. Plenty of time, right? When the bus hadn't shown up by 7:15 I called CTA. Scheduled for 7:20 and 7:35. I was skeptical of this because I know this bus only comes one time an hour. Probably the CTA person on the phone was looking at the wrong schedule, though I enunciated icily (literally) on the phone. Predictably no bus at 7:20 OR 7:35. Another call, and the time was 7:50. By this time, I was practically crazy with the hypothermia, and ran out to the exposed tundra to try for the 55. A U of C student came with me, we'd been chatting about the absent 174 bus. I momentarily pondered asking him if he wanted to make out JUST SO I COULD STAY WARM! PEOPLE! I WAS DESPERATE HERE! I THINK MY DARLING, DELICIOUS BF WOULD EVEN HAVE UNDERSTOOD MY PLIGHT! As I resorted to the sanctuary of home, practically sobbing, and giant glasses of vodka after my ordeal. Anyway. *ahem* At 8:00 the 55 bus showed up, STILL no sign of the 7:50 174 (which would have gotten to 55/University by the time I was waiting there). But anyway, relief, from my guardian angel #55. Seriously, what gives? Do you just freestyle it, and figure the slacker students won't notice? U of C students are not slackers (I am neither a student NOR a slacker). And when the university is on a break - what, do you just not run? Sit on the side of the road and drink? Seriously, people still LIVE in Hyde Park (like Barack Obama, for one!!) that need to get to the campus and nearby. The 174 buses are all shiny and new and pretty clean, but seriously . . . . fix that scheduling glitch, bitches.

Wow. Great reviews from 14 years back. Sure has gone downhill. Constant no-shows, always packed…read more(due to consistent no-shows), flat tires, stalled in the middle of lakeshore drive, and when you call the CTA they can't even tell you where the bus is located or if it will really come. With the Obama library set to open soon, I'm really not sure what they're going to do...

I promise, this is my second and last review for bus routes but as a good Hyde Parker I had to do…read moremy CTA crush - #2. It's just so unbelievably convenient!!! Unlike the #6 which is always over-crowded and a million light years from my place, the number 2 has the good taste of always offering seats and drops me off 2 blocks away from my cozy home. I am totally in love. And hope that the wicked CTA will never put an end to our wonderful story...

I've Riden the 6 bus so many times in the past year I'm happy they have a Yelp Page for this it's…read moreawesome! Anyway my favorite part about the whole experience is when it goes express. The worst part is the whole ride. You can expect at some times to be stuck in the loop or in the hyde Park area at times for 20 or more minutes because people don't know how to drive and nobody respects CTA bus drivers. The buses get packed. Alot of the buses are oversized which is great and run at alot of hours. People are really nice but I've only Riden it down to 71st and stony Island

I've only been on this route twice - once going to, then returning from The Museum of Science and…read moreIndustry. That said, I had to laugh... the morning driver kept turning around and at first griping, and later hollering about "NO MUSIC ON DA BUS!! NO MEANS NO! CAN'T YOU READ?!?" The only problem was, no one was playing music. At all. Except for the three or four that had their headphones on, and I can't believe he was yelling at them. Perhaps he needs a checkup with Dr. Happy? Nevertheless, he was part of the local color that I enjoy when visiting someplace new!

Well the vestibule area is dirty and can be a bit sketch at night with the homeless and migrants…read morehanging out there and underneath the bridges. It's a good idea to keep your guard up and your wits about you if you're coming back at night, yes, that means pop out your AirPods until you get home, Nancy.

This is another one of my favorite Metra stops I can easily drive to . I've been coming to this…read moreMetra stop for years . It's normally pretty clean and if you have anything that needs to be taken care of with safety the conductors take care of it .