I'm nearly 40 miles outside Chicago. We have trains to the city and buses that go pretty much directly to a 'target', such as train stations, major malls, universities, to the "L" system, which is about 20 miles closer to the city.

Within 20 miles of the city, lots of public transportation.

__________________
"We are fighting today for our life, for our liberty, for our all, we cannot go on being led as we are. Somehow or other, we must get into the Government men who can match our enemies in fighting spirit, in daring, in resolution and in thirst for victory."~Leo Amery 1940, while staring at Chamberlain