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By Sun-Times Wire 

With temperatures in the single digits and wind chill values as low as 30 degrees below zero expected over the next week, Chicagoans struggling to keep warm have some options.

Several state-owned buildings, including 113 community centers, 62 park fieldhouses, libraries and police stations, open their doors to anyone during daytime hours to provide relief from the cold.

One reason Uber and Lyft are so popular is their ubiquity. You don’t have to wait long after tapping on your app and agreeing on a price. What if, however, there was a limit to the number of Uber or Lyft cars that could ply Chicago streets?

Are commuters changing how they value their minutes? A new study of time/cost trade-offs between transit, Uber, and Lyft is a hint.

Time is a precious and nonrenewable resource. Lose it or save it, and you can’t trade it in for something else. But time can be traded off, depending on how you value it. And when it comes to the time we spend traveling, that value is in flux.

On Saturday, tens of thousands of young people from across the city and suburbs are expected to converge on Union Park for Chicago’s March for Our Lives demonstration, one of many being staged around the country.

As you might expect, Lyft has reams of data about its customers’ ride-sharing habits — who is calling rides, where and when. That data led to an unlikely avenue to try connecting with its audience at a deeper level: beer.