Tourists are trippin’ all over town
By Hilary Powell
Although Team LoJo is considering how to incorporate Chicago’s mass train system into our locative story project, there are few examples online of train-based tours. So I got to typing to track down some online sites dedicated to seeing city sights. And Chicago’s certainly on the right track.
The Loop Tour Train is a popular way to see historic landmarks downtown during spring and summer months.The Chicago Office of Tourism sponsors the free tour May 5th through September 29th. The free tour is approximately 40 minutes long and leaves every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. from the Randolph and Wabash CTA station. But sometimes tours can also be a way to present an unearthed side of a city.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has encouraged rail riders to get out and see the
city’s art with the Art’s a Trip Free Metro Rail Tour. A docent-led tour travels along the Metro’s Red and Gold lines, riding the train to different stations. Free tours are offered the first Saturday and Sunday of each month. The artwork first adorned the walls in 1989, when the Metro’s art department commissioned more than 250 local artists to get creative.
An online review by the author of the photo’s above suggests it’s a great way to learn about the city’s transportation structure in general. So when considering the character of a city, transportation can be very much a part of the local personality — and that personality could be cheap and used by all!
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