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In-Depth Information
Froedtert Hospital
(
414-805-3000; 9200 W Wisconsin Ave)
Milwaukee Convention & Visitors Bureau
(
800-554-1448;
www.visitmilwaukee.org
)
Tourist information.
entertainment reviews.
Getting There & Around
downtown. Take public bus 80 ($2.25) or a cab ($30).
(the terminal is located a few miles south of the city center) to Muskegon, Michigan,
providing easy access to Michigan's beach-lined Gold Coast.
Greyhound
( 414-272-2156; 433 W St Paul Ave)
runs frequent buses to Chicago (two
446 N 4th St)
runs express to Chicago (two hours) and Minneapolis (six hours), often for
lower fares than Greyhound.
train seven times a day to/from Chicago ($24, 1½ hours); catch it downtown (it shares
the station with Greyhound) or at the airport.
local bus service. Bus 31 goes to Miller Brewery; bus 90 goes to Miller Park.
For taxi service, try phoning
Yellow Cab
(
414-271-1800)
.
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Madison
Madison reaps a lot of kudos: most walkable city, best road-biking city, most vegetarian-
friendly, gay-friendly, environmentally friendly and just plain all-round friendliest city in
the USA. Ensconced on a narrow isthmus between Mendota and Monona Lakes, it's a