Acting CTA boss cites major drop in crime on transit system, credits collaboration with CPD

Acting Chicago Transit Authority President Nora Leerhsen touted a major drop in crime on the CTA system at a Chicago Transit ...

CTA says crime is down throughout the system, but many riders still don't feel safe

The Chicago Transit Authority on this week released new crime statistics indicating that violent crime is down on the transit ...
World Socialist Web Site

Chicago transit crisis: As legislative session ends, funding crisis threatens massive service cuts and layoffs

A Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train waits at the Forest Park, Illinois station for the eastern journey to downtown Chicago on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. [AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast] The ...
Chicago Tribune

2025 in review: A look back at the Chicago region’s transit crisis through op-eds

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 ...
The American Prospect

Chicago’s Public Transit Is in Limbo

CHICAGO – Cities and states across the country are reckoning with a major funding crisis for mass transit, and Chicago has become the latest city to fall off its “fiscal cliff,” failing to guarantee ...
Chicago Tribune

Suburban legislators, advocates tout single-fare system, transit-oriented development after passage of mass transit funding bill

With a fiscal cliff for the Chicago region’s transit system in the rearview mirror, suburban riders could see a streamlined fare system, more frequent trains and more transit-oriented development, ...