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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that in the 2000s UofC has become more invested in making it easy for students to get out of the neighborhood-so there's more direct bus service to downtown and the northside and more frequent bus service to the El.  And the University puts more effort into making sure that students actually know how to use public transit to get around.  You do need to be more intrepid if you are in Hyde Park and really want to enjoy all of Chicago, but to me that's a benefit.[/quote]

My nephew is a law student at UofC.  Taking public transportation to other parts of the city is really time-consuming.

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The #2 aka the Hyde Park Express is decently fast (25 minutes north end of campus to the Loop), but[b] only runs during rush hours.[/b] The #6 aka the Jackson Park Express runs all day every day and also goes from Hyde Park up Lakeshore Dr (25 minutes Museum of Science and Industry to the Loop) but [b]doesn't go through campus,[/b] you have to meet it a few blocks away from campus.The METRA is really fast (15 minutes trip Hyde Park to Van Buren in Grant Park)[b] but doesn't come as frequently as buses so you have to time your trips.[/b] You can also take the Red Line or the Green Line (15 minutes Garfield to Adama/Wabash or Monroe in the Loop), which run all the time and trains come frequently, but the[b] stations are somewhat far away from campus (it might be a good idea to take the 55 bus to them instead of walking) and in sketchy neighborhoods. [/b]

It's very easy to get downtown if you know how to use public transit.

Compared to other city schools in UofC's peer group -- e.g., Columbia, Harvard or MIT -- the options you're describing don't sound that easy, safe or convenient.      
Also, starting the 2016-2017 academic year, all UChicago students will be able to use their ID cards to ride the CTA (all buses and the L) for free. [/quote][/quote]

All these things are running at the same time. It's not like Columbia where you have the 1 and that's your gateway to the city - there are different options and they work best at different times, but there is always an easy and fast way to get downtown. Anything that doesn't pick up on campus picks up somewhere very close to campus where there are UChicago shuttles running constantly, after a certain time (at night) they even work like taxis, you can just tell them where you want to go.

FYI, just because the Green & Red lines are in sketchy neighbors doesn't mean they're unsafe. I've ridden the 55 bus along from Midway to UChicago, which goes across some of the worst neighborhoods in Chicago if you just look at crime rates. I'm a small woman traveling alone. Nothing ever happened to me, and I never felt like I was in any sort of danger. The CTA is very, very safe. [/quote]

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