Useful chicagoland links - amassed here mainly for my own use... :)
The Essentials
- Weather: Skilling's excellent daily forecast, weather.com daily, hourly
- Live highway traffic map, congestion stats and travel times
- CTA: el schedules by station, also bus info, system maps
- Metra: schedules and CTA/Metra/Pace trip planner
Residential Information
- City of Chicago: main page, city services, municipal code
- Police: crime maps per neighborhood and CPD stats
Fun Stuff
- The Reader: movie showtimes and reviews, music listings and early warnings
- The Trib: Metromix listings, local news
- City of Chicago event schedule (incl. jazz and blues festivals and the GCPS)
- An adorable Neighborhood Guide