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Man who torched CTA van in 2020 summer rioting gets 3-plus years

A judge sentences Denzal Stewart to 3 years and 9 months for conspiracy to commit arson and civil disorder. Stewart and two others set fire to a CTA van on State Street.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2022

CTA announces holiday train and bus schedules

The festive trains and buses are ready to light up the city again.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022

Hundreds turn out for CTA job fair

“CTA is an essential part of Chicago. People rely on us but we can’t do it without the manpower,” a CTA manager said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022

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Police to increase presence on CTA during busy holiday shopping season

More officers will be patrolling downtown business district stations as stores open earlier and close later, Chicago Police Commander Joe Bird said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2022

The state should help fund CTA’s proposed Red Line extension

This extension will support the economic engine of the state, creating jobs, expanding economic development and industry, contributing to state coffers and bringing people back to Chicago and Illinois to live, work, raise families and invest.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 12, 2022

Unlocking a painful wartime past through photographs

American Heroes: Portraits of Service, a permanent photographic exhibition, opened last week at Midway Airport.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 11, 2022

Red Line extension needlessly caught in the switches due to CTA/City Council beef

If there’s any chance at all to rebuild and repopulate the Far South Side, the Red Line extension is key — and far too important to be caught in a standoff between the CTA president and the City Council.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 5, 2022

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Red Line extension is more than a transportation story

Extending the Red Line to the Far South Side is also about housing, jobs and economic development and opportunity.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 1, 2022

George Skelton: California voters don't like where the state's headed. But they still want Newsom in office

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Most California voters think the state is headed in the wrong direction, yet they intend to reelect the governor who's leading us there. That seems wrongheaded.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 28, 2022

CTA chief says Ghost Bus fixes are coming, won’t commit to meeting with City Council

In a talk with the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. acknowledges the transit agency’s shortcomings, defends decisions to address them.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2022

City Council member wants to compel regular testimony from CTA president

The Transportation Committee has repeatedly summoned transit agency leader Dorval Carter Jr., but he has ignored them, sending underlings instead.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 25, 2022

CTA updating rail schedules; says goal is improving trackers, service

CTA has been inundated with complaints from riders, and elected officials over unreliable service, inaccurate transit trackers and extended wait times for trains.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 22, 2022

Embattled CPD Supt. David Brown takes his turn on City Council hot seat

“I’ve been here for two-and-a-half years. It feels like 10,” Brown tells alderpersons at a City Council budget hearing.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 21, 2022

An immigrant’s struggle for stability in Chicago, CTA’s new budget and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 20, 2022

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Chicago Tribune · Oct 20, 2022

What can convince Chicagoans to rely less on cars? City aims to make ‘transit-oriented development’ the answer

In the illustration, a sun-splashed residential block is lined with spindly trees as tall as the buildings, a bike lane bustles with riders, people cross the street by foot or wheelchair — and there’s not a driver in sight. “Make streets safer for Chicagoans who walk, bike, roll and ride,”…

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 20, 2022

CTA avoids service cuts, fare hikes under proposed $1.8 billion budget

The CTA also released a $3.4 billion, five-year capital improvement plan which looks to invest in major projects such as the Red Line extension and modernize CTA’s bus fleet and railroad cars.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 18, 2022

Better scheduling is fix for CTA’s problem with ghost buses, trains

Ghost trains and buses are far more common on weekends than weekdays, even though weekends are becoming “peak” times. Why not adjust scheduling to meet riders’ needs?

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 18, 2022

CTA has work to do to get past line in the sand over Red Line extension

No matter how potentially vital the Red Line extension may be, the CTA must help its case for getting the money by better tending to the system as it exists now.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 17, 2022

Ghost buses and trains haunt Chicagoans, Pritzker’s presidential poll numbers and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2022

Buses, trains still ghosting commuters

Commuters Take Action, a coalition of riders bitter about being ghosted by buses and trains, say complaints of no-show buses have remained the same since CTA unveiled its “Meeting the Moment” plan.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2022

Planning commissioner gets an earful about Lightfoot’s plan to create second transit TIF to bankroll Red Line South extension

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is pushing for a final City Council vote on her financing plan before Dec. 31 to meet the requirement for federal matching funds. But it could be a rough ride, judging from the earful Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox got about the project while testifying at…

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2022

Delay sought in CTA vote on $41 million fare box contract

An Elk Grove Village firm that makes fare boxes says CTA selection process gives other firms an unfair advantage.

What Hi-Fi? · Oct 12, 2022

Sony VPL-XW5000ES

Sony has finally managed to install laser lighting in its entry level 4K projector, with predictably irresistible results.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 7, 2022

Man struck, killed by Red Line train in Edgewater

The man, whose age is unknown, jumped in front of the train late Friday afternoon in the 1100 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

Man accused of punching CTA bus driver after refusing to pay fare

Treshon Kates, 20, allegedly punched the driver four to five times about 9:50 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of East 67th Street.

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