Rosemont Transit Center

The Rosemont Transit Center is a blessing for the NW suburbs. It makes traveling in and out of the city much easier than having to rely on the Metra. It’s also very convenient for when I want to stay in the area for any length of time.
I normally catch the CTA Blue Line at Cumberland, but if I’m running late or don’t want to deal with traffic or walking then I’ll pop into here and park. The prices can’t be beat. It’s $ 5 for 12 or 14 hours and maybe a dollar or two for another generous extension on the time. I wish I could remember, but I think the longest I ever stayed was around 14 hours and I paid the cheapest rate. They also accept Credit Cards and cash at the parking paybox. All you have to do it enter your space number, pick how many hours you want to park and then pay. You don’t even have to put the ticket in your car, so you can park, pay and go on with your life.
You can hop on the CTA Blue Line here, catch a number of PACE buses or taxis, or walk to local businesses. I primarily use this parking area when I have races in the city and don’t want to go very far to be reunited with my car or if I’m going to a convention at Donald E. Stephens, where Animé Central is held. The lot typically doesn’t fill up but you definitely notice more people utilizing it during ACen, so don’t be surprised if you show up one weekend in spring and see a number of people cosplaying.
If you don’t mind walking a couple blocks to the hotels and restaurants in the area then this will be just the spot to park your car. Like I said, it’s $ 5 for basically half a day. There’s no arguing that it’s a much better deal than paying the $ 13 to park at the garage near Muvico unless you have a deal with the theater or hotels. That garage has no «in and out» privileges, so even if you had to leave the RTC and come back and pay again, you’d still be ahead $ 3.

For what it is… clean enough, busy during the rush hours, staff is pretty professional, and not too bad. Plentiful parking outside and a drop off area, even though some people go right up to the door of the terminal (only buses) are allowed. (Shrug) You can also use the paid parking to leave the car there if something is going on at the convention center or the Hyatt.
I take the 606 to Schaumburg a few times and I haven’t had a bad experience yet. :) Pics I took.
The only number I did in my cursory search was to the dunkin donuts in there, which I didn’t know until I googled the number (and they hung up on me) This station is owned by CTA I believe… but Pace runs here and you can used the same transfer card… the website for PACE is