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Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing
Field Museum of Natural History south entrance
Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago
Chinatown Gate on Wentworth Avenue, Chicago

Chicago wheelchair trips

Planned for wheelchair riders

Stations and places we plan for wheelchair riders: elevators at accessible Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train stations, then travel time to wheelchair-friendly destinations.

Every recommended place is chosen for wheelchair access — not only for being famous.

Stations
5 wheelchair trips
Places
10 curated
Live elevators
On the map

How to use this

Pick a station · or a place

Station pages cover exits and elevators. Place pages cover the trip outside.

Directory

Stations with wheelchair trips

Open a trip planned for wheelchair riders when we have written one. Other linked stations jump to the live map until their story is ready.

  1. Cermak-Chinatown2 placesChinatown Gate from Red Line
  2. Grand2 placesNavy Pier from this Red Line stop
  3. Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren1 placeCentral library from this downtown (Loop) stop
  4. Roosevelt3 placesMuseum Campus — elevators then the route
  5. Washington/Wabash2 placesArt Institute · Millennium Park from this stop

After the elevator

Browse by place

Shortest trip first, from the nearest station. We set travel times by hand. Tap a place for access details, then open the station page or the live map.

About this guide. We put these guides together by hand. Travel times are our own estimates, and venue details are copied from their websites, so either can be wrong or out of date. Check the venue’s page before you go. For elevators, trust the live map and the transit agency.