The trend is bad news for the Chicago Transit Authority and its interim leader Nora Leerhsen, who points to positive trends on the transit system as she tries to appease the federal government.
Transit crime grabbed headlines again in 1978 after the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Rita L. Hopkinson at Oak Park’s Austin Avenue L station. Mayor Michael Bilandic responded by proposing to add 100 ...
CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Violent crimes on Chicago’s public transit system have increased in recent weeks, leaving local officials searching for solutions amid threats by the federal government to ...
A new state transit law redirects revenue from the state’s motor fuel tax and interest from the Road Fund — funding ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With money for new rail lines, regulations for residential development projects and a list of infrastructure priorities in the Chicago area, a public transportation bill recently ...
When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing legislation to pull the Chicago region’s mass transit system back from ...
A Chicago Transit Authority Train known as the “L” makes a turn on the system’s “Loop” in downtown Chicago on Sept. 10, 2025. A yearslong effort to overhaul and improve funding for Chicago’s public ...
Chicago Transit Authority ridership has plunged since mid-March, when Illinois' stay-at-home order went into effect. But the declines in train and bus ridership were much smaller on the city's South ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Transit Authority and Metra approved their budgets this week, which did not include any fare increases. Commuters who use the CTA will not be paying more next year. The ...
President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a ...
A person was hit and killed by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday morning in downtown Chicago, disrupting service for nearly two hours.
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