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CTA weekend service interruptions coming to Red, Purple and Brown lines as part of major...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCTA Red, Purple and Brown line service will be disrupted on some upcoming weekends this fall, as the...
Rate of violent crime on CTA trains was down in 2023, but still higher than pre-pandemic levels
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe rate of violent crime on CTA trains continued to drop in 2023, years after it spiked when the...
Snowflakes, candy canes and 36,000 LED lights: The making of the CTA holiday fleet
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEarly in December, “Peppermint the Elf” said, she opened the door of a Chicago Transit Authority bus...
Editorial: The CTA is broken. Agency President Dorval Carter Jr. must go.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn Thursday, Block Club Chicago published a sad and troubling story about the death last summer of...
Spring cleaning: CTA to begin repairs, improvements at some rail stations, bus turnarounds
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCHICAGO — Spring is quickly approaching and that means it is time for cleanups and repairs to begin...
Brown Line station rehab could disrupt some weekend service through late 2025
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe CTA is set to begin a $19 million upgrade to a Lincoln Square Brown Line station, and that will mean some weekend service disruptions to parts of the line. Construction will begin this summer ...
Man stabbed on Red Line train platform a day after police pledged to ramp up CTA security
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA man was stabbed on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train Tuesday night, just a day after Chicago police pledged to increase CTA security in an effort to make public transportation safer ...
Six months after changing schedules and adding security, CTA rider frustrations persist: ‘It’s not...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBrian Carl has a system for handling crowded Blue Line trains leaving downtown during evening rush hour: He walks the extra blocks to the farthest-out station in the Loop so he can get on before ...
Suddenly cancelled ‘Rave Train’ event replaced by ‘Train Wreck’
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCHICAGO — The event organizer behind a suddenly cancelled “Rave Train” experience aboard the CTA’s...
Ghost buses, CTA budget woes, shared streets: Transportation challenges ahead for Chicago’s next...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKambium “Kam” Buckner thought he was prepared that February morning. The mayoral candidate and state representative showed up early to his Chicago Transit Authority bus stop in the Loop, wearing ...