| TRI-STATE TOUR CHICAGO CENTURY
Transportation
Service
to the Hammond Hotel Before the Start of the Event
Kenosha
Transportation Staging Point • Pick
Up from Chicago • Transportation
Means • Arrival
in Hammond
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We are pleased to offer transportation
service to the Hammond hotel from both Kenosha
and downtown Chicago for you, your bicycle,
and
your baggage the day before the
start of the event.
This transportation service is the perfect
option for participants from areas north of
the event such as Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee,
and Lake County. You can also park you car
overnight in Kenosha for free!
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Here for more information
about overnight parking in Kenosha.
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Here for more information
about the transportation service departure
and arrival process.
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Here for more information
about transportation staging points.
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Here for more information
about our transportation services.
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We can only guarantee that we will have space on
our vehicles to transport you and your bicycle from
Kenosha if you register for our return transportation
service during regular registration and we absolutely
cannot guarantee that spaces will be available the
day before the event. If any spaces are available
we will gladly sell them to you (including a late
registration
fee) subject to availability.
The main event check in for participants taking
our transportation service before the start of an
event will occur directly at the transportation staging
point(s). Doing this allows us to track who has arrived
for the transportation service and also distribute
any registration materials that you might need before
you depart (such as the parking sign, individual
bus or train tickets, etc.)
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invidual arrival plans for our transportation services.
Our transportation service to
the Hammond hotel before the start of the event
will only available for the Tri-State Tour Chicago
Century #1. Unfortunately
we will not be able to offer this service for the
Tri-State Tour Chicago
Century #2 because all our vehicles and
staff will be in downtown Chicago for the end of
the Bicycle Illinois tour and we won't have enough
time after to travel up to Kenosha to pick up everyone
at a reasonable time.
We may be able to provide this service
for the Tri-State Tour #2 in future years though
if there is enough interest, so please let us know!!!!!
Taking the Metra Train from Kenosha
We STRONGLY discourage
you taking the Metra train from Kenosha for overwhelming
logistical constraints.
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very important information regarding this option.
Kenosha Transportation
Staging Point
All
participants must arrive at the Kenosha transportation
staging point by 5:30 pm. PLEASE
BE READY TO DEPART AT 5:30 PM AT THE LATEST
AND
DO NOT BE LATE. OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE DEPENDING
ON YOU. IF YOU ARE LATE WE CAN NOT WAIT FOR YOU.
The staging point for the return transportation
service from Kenosha will be at the overnight parking
location directly at our ending location at the Kenosha
hotel.
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our transportation staging point in Kenosha.
We will depart Kenosha promptly after all bicycles,
baggage, and people have been loaded and we have
conducted our final head count as necessary. Bathrooms
will not be available in any vehicle so you will
need to use the restroom in Kenosha before we
leave.
Pick
up from Chicago
We will also offer the option of getting picked
up in downtown Chicago on our way from Kenosha
to the Hammond hotel. Getting picked up there is
the perfect option for people
who
do not
want to
drive
or ride on their own to the starting location.
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The
transportation service staging point will
be behind our supported hotel at the northeast
corner of E. Harrison St. and S. Wabash Ave.
This is very close to all CTA L trains which
you can easily use to transport both you
and your bike to and from all other public
transportation options in downtown Chicago.
This also easily accomodates any participants
staying at the hotel the next night.
There
is a very wide marked off area on the street
to load and unload bicycles and typically
has little or no traffic or parked cars and
avoids the hustle and bustle of the main
hotel entrance on Michigan Ave.
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Here for
more information about the Chicago transportation
staging point.
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the Chicago CTA L Train Stations.
Other than Chicago, there will not be any mid-route
stops as part of this transportation service such
as at our rest stop locations.
All
participants must arrive at the Chicago transportation
staging point by 7:00 pm.
PLEASE
BE READY TO DEPART AT 7:00 PM AT THE LATEST
AND DO
NOT BE LATE. OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE DEPENDING
ON YOU. IF YOU ARE LATE WE CAN NOT WAIT FOR YOU.
Based on previous experience
we expect
the trip
from
Kenosha
to downtown
Chicago
to take
approximately
an hour
and
a half, and we expect that
we will arrive in Chicago at or after 7:00 pm.
However it is impossible
to
guarantee our exact arrival time in
Chicago since this depends on
many different factors beyond our control. Accordingly,
we will stay in contact with you and give you
our
most accurate estimated
arrival
time as plans progress, but
you should still expect to
little while for us to arrive in Chicago.
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our departure from Kenosha and arrival in Chicago.
Participants Who
Parked in Chicago
If you parked your car
at Dusable
Harbor, you will need to walk
or bike from there to the transportation staging
point yourself. Directions and a map will be provided. Unfortunately
we will not be able to pick participants up directly
at the parking lot because we can't quickly or easily
get to or from it with our vehicles. Not only would
we have
to drive down Randolph St. across the entire downtown
since we can't drive our school busses or trucks
on Lake
Shore Drive, but it is almost imposible to turn these
vehicles around in the
cul-du-sac at
the end of Randolph St.
Transportation
Means
People Transportation
Participants will travel either aboard a charter school bus or in one of our
support vehicles. We will not be using any public transportation carriers
(Amtrak, Greyhound, MegaBus, Metra, etc.) to transport people and you will
not need to purchase any separate bus or train ticket on your own.
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our people transportation means.
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Here for more information about
our support vehicles.
Bicycle Transportation
We will transport your bicycle ourselves.
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Here for more information about
our bicycle transportation means.
All vehicles will travel together so your bicycle
will be available for you to pick up immediately
after we arrive.
Baggage Transportation
All participants will carry their baggage with
them on board the vehicle.
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Here for more information about
baggage transportation means.
Arrival
in Hammond
The transportation staging point for Hammond
will be directly at the Hammond hotel.
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about the Hammond hotel.
We expect
the trip from Chicago to the Hammond hotel to
take approximately one hour.
Morning
the Day of the Event
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Here fore more information about riding
to the start of the event from the Hammond
hotel.
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