Show your support : Ride and Give - June 26th, 2008

In honor of Marilyn Miller’s retirement from WGN Radio, Chicago Water Taxi will be recognizing her as our #1 fan this Thursday, June 26th. Marilyn has been a loyal Water Taxi rider for many years. Chicago Water Taxi will donate half of the day’s proceeds to the Neediest Kids Fund in her honor. Originally conceived as a holiday drive, the fund now assists children and youth year-round. Since 1992, the Neediest Kids Fund has granted more than $16 million to local non-profits. Please show your support for Marilyn by taking a ride!

To make an additional donation: http://www.wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=244&Itemid=428

Michigan Ave. Stairs Closed for repair - June 20th, 2008

The Stairs by the Wrigley Building will be closed for repair for the rest of the season. The alternate route to the dock will be to use the stairs from Michigan Avenue between the Wrigley Building and Walgreen’s just a little north of the main stair way by the Wendella Boat dock. We apologize for the inconvenience. Monthly passes are available onboard each taxi for purchase along with all the other CWT products. Thank you

CWT is a proud partner for Rubber Ducky Derby - June 13th, 2008

Come out and see the CWT and adopt a duck. Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby Special Olympics Illinois. Friday, August 8, 2008 at
12 noon - Columbus Drive Bridge- Chicago River. You can find adoption papers onboard all the water taxis and also on Wendella tour boats.

More than 30,000 ducks will splash into the Chicago River off the Columbus Drive Bridge.

LATE Extended Service for LOOPTOPIA - April 30th, 2008

The CWT will be running extended hours for the Looptopia event this Friday, May 2nd. After our normal pick up at Michigan Avenue at 6:56 we will be running approx. every 30 Minutes from dock to dock. We hope you appreciate the added service. Thank you for riding the CWT.

Special Earth Hour promotion! - March 20th, 2008

The CWT is proud to be a participant in this global event on climate change. www.earthhour.org

On Friday March 28th if you bring a receipt from the purchase of energy efficient light bulbs or bring the light bulbs you can ride for FREE ALL DAY! It’s a small gesture for us to make on this huge issue but we hope some riders will take advantage of the free rides. Look for other GREEN events onboard the CWT in the future.

Alpha Now has HEAT! - March 20th, 2008

After hearing from many of our riders and since we are starting earlier and running later in the season, one improvement that we made over the winter was adding heat to our smaller water taxi. It won’t be 80 degrees onboard but it should now be comfortable for the ride.

New Early Bird Eastbound run added - July 12th, 2007

We have added a 6:30 AM departure from Madison Street heading Eastbound to LaSalle/Clark and Michigan Ave.

Depart Madison @ 6:30AM
Depart LaSalle/Clark 6:38AM
Depart WESTBOUND MICHIGAN AVE. @ 6:44AM