Daywatch: The future of the Chicago Water Taxi
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Good morning, Chicago.
The Chicago Water Taxi, once a mainstay of the city’s downtown commuting options, is working to figure out a new schedule for the third summer in a row as the number of office workers remains low.
Though warm weather has arrived, the taxi’s bright yellow boats aren’t yet up and running. Parent company Wendella Tours and Cruises hopes to operate the boats once again on weekdays — a departure from the past two years, when they have run only on weekends, catering to tourists — but the date service will begin and the schedule remain to be seen, taxi executive Andrew Sargis said.
Behind the taxi’s schedule dilemma is the post-pandemic reality for downtown Chicago: Tourists have returned in force, but office workers haven’t, Sargis said.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Sarah Freishtat.
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