I hadn't been to Chicago in a while, but I ended up taking a taxi from the airport due to how slow the trains were I've been living in Germany for quite a whil

I hadn't been to Chicago in a while, but I ended up taking a taxi from the airport due to how slow the trains were I've been living in Germany for quite a while. It's about the same distance from my home to the airport as O'Hare is to downtown Chicago. About 25km. The top speed of the L is 55mph/90kph. Plus all the dwell time on the route, it takes 41 min and 17 stops to get to downtown. For me, there is a regional train that gets me pretty close to home (10min walk) in 17 minutes and 0 stops. From there if I have lots of luggage there's a bus and a tram that get me right to my block. Chicago needs to vastly speed up their trains, and provide express trains between major destinations. 20 minutes from airport to downtown is completely feasible with basic commuter trains that can reach 160kph like the Stadler KISS trains that Caltrain will be using.