The CTA will focus on safety, cleanliness and improvements to bus service in 2026, its acting president, Nora Leerhsen, said Thursday. Leerhsen’s speech at a City Club of Chicago luncheon comes at a ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — For more than 130 years, the ‘L’ station at State and Lake has looked down upon the Loop in the heart of Chicago. On Sunday, Chicagoans offered a farewell of sorts ahead of scheduled ...

More Chicago police officers will patrol CTA trains, platforms and buses under a “security surge plan” developed by both of the agencies. The Chicago Transit Authority announced the program will begin ...

A new CTA "security surge" plan will go into effect Friday, according to an announcement, with "dozens" of additional Chicago police officers and private K-9 security guards expected to be deployed to ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — From the federal government to local groups, demand is growing for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to do more for passengers after several high-profile attacks on trains and buses ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker are pushing back on the Trump administration's latest threats to withhold federal funding from the CTA unless the mass transit agency meets the federal ...

A vacancy on the CTA’s board of directors could give Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson a chance to exert some control over the transit agency’s future — months before control over the CTA’s board is ...

After multiple high-profile violent incidents on CTA property, including a woman being set on fire on a train and another doused in liquid on a bus, the federal government is demanding immediate ...

A CTA bus driver has been cited for the crash that killed Tracy Frasure in the 7000-block of South South Shore Drive, CPD said. JUST IN: Person of Interest in Brown University Shooting Taken Into ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A CTA bus driver has been cited for Wednesday's deadly South Shore crash, Chicago police said. The bus was stopped in the 7000-block of South South Shore Drive just before 8 a.m.

No matter what time Rigo Osorio rides the CTA Red Line on his daily commute, he usually spots someone smoking. “You see smoking people every time,” Osorio said as he waited for his train at the ...