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Chicago Transit Authority struggles with spiking crime and complaints about nuisance behavior

As the Chicago Transit Authority looks to draw back riders, the agency is grappling with spikes in violent crime and complaints that more riders are breaking rules, leading to issues like smoke-filled train cars.

Chicago Tribune

For public transit to be viable, riders must feel they’re safe on trains and buses

The city has taken steps in the right direction to enhance public transit safety but should consider bringing back conductors to its L trains.

Chicago Sun-Times

Key to CTA security is taking petty crimes seriously

Breaking windows, eating, smoking, urinating, fare jumping, trash flipping and graffiti may be easily brushed off. But ignoring these smaller transgressions leads to more serious consequences.

Chicago Sun-Times

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CTA union leader demands return of CTA conductors, re-establishing disbanded CTA police unit, to combat crime surge

Eric Dixon, president of the Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 308, argued that crime on the CTA would remain “out of control” until conductors return — at least on subway trains.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot and critically wounded on CTA Red Line train in Englewood

The man, 25, was arguing with four people on the train near the 200 block of West 63rd Street when one of them opened fire, striking him in the abdomen, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plowed snow sends drivers flying off expressways, Sun-Times investigation finds

One day last winter, Kevin Ramos flew off I-355 and survived the 22-foot fall onto busy Lake Street. Other drivers have been killed in these rare but terrifying ‘snow ramp’ vaulting accidents around Chicago and elsewhere.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Transit Authority maps out its conversion to electric

CTA could purchase its last diesel bus in the next four years as it works to convert to entirely electric buses by 2040, according to a new agency report.

Chicago Tribune

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CTA aims for all-electric bus fleet by 2040

The CTA has 11 electric buses in service, and 14 more are expected to hit the streets this year. The rest of its 1,800- plus fleet run on diesel.

Chicago Sun-Times

New federal funding gives CTA chance to make much-needed accessibility improvements

It’s worth all of us pausing to grapple with how difficult it is for residents with disabilities to get around the city for basic daily activities, like errands, going to work or meeting up with friends.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA will let equity and inclusion drive decisions about service

As post-pandemic ridership demand and patterns continue to emerge, we will make more revisions to various routes, based on serving all neighborhoods, not just finances or ridership.

Chicago Sun-Times

Slain 15-year-old boy had lost his mother in CTA train accident years earlier. ‘It was very hard for him. He had dreams.’

Sincere Cole was shot his head Saturday in the 2400 block of West Marquette Road in Marquette Park, police said. Family said he was shot about two dozen times on a sidewalk outside a Shell Gas station.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man struck by CTA train in Loop

The incident happened in the first block of North Dearborn Street about 11:40 p.m.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman in good condition after falling on CTA Red Line tracks at Morse

Police said she fell between the train and the tracks Friday morning.

Chicago Sun-Times

A different path outdoors: Sativa Volbrecht rode CTA with fishing rods, studied turtles, herons & crabs

Sativa Volbrecht has had a rich life in the outdoors and academia from interning at the Nature Boardwalk, Woods Hole Science Aquarium, and Shoals Marine Laboratory to working in the Chicago Urban Fishing Program.

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CTA awarded $912.1M in federal American Rescue Plan funds

The funds, announced Tuesday, will help the nation’s second-largest public transportation system maintain its services and keep more than 10,000 people employed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man fatally shot while driving in Roseland

A CTA bus was also struck by gunfire, but no one was injured.

Chicago Sun-Times

Here’s an easy way for CTA president to win over taxpayers: Show up when $26 million is at stake

City Council members griped once again this week about the absence of CTA chief Dorval Carter Jr. at a key committee meeting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man dies after falling onto CTA Blue Line tracks in Wicker Park and being struck by train

The man fell onto the tracks at the Division Street station in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue early Wednesday.

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Second time’s the charm for $26.1 million transfer to CTA; Council members still angry about being dissed

Despite last week’s tongue-lashing, CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. did not appear when the Budget Committee reconvened Tuesday.Instead, Carter’s chief financial officer made the case that the money is needed to shore up CTA pensions.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA reports labor deal with transit union

The tentative agreement lasts through 2023 and calls for a 9.25% pay hike over the life of the contract, the transit agency says.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA prepares to demolish, rebuild 100-year-old North Side tracks

The work is part of the transit agency’s $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Project.

Chicago Tribune

'Es casi como una carta de amor': Médico de la UCI pinta para sus colegas que tratan a pacientes con covid

CHICAGO -- Todas las mañanas, el Dr. Justin Fiala viaja en un autobús de la CTA a lo largo de Lake Shore Drive y se siente como ir a la batalla. Antes de la pandemia, subirse a un autobús era solo un viaje al trabajo. Él y otros habitantes de…

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA ripped after transit agency president a no-show at City Council hearing

A usually routine transfer of funds to the CTA turned into a gripe session, as Council members slammed the agency, then held up approval of a $26.1 million windfall from the CTA’s portion of the real estate transfer tax.

Chicago Tribune

‘It’s almost like a love letter’: ICU doctor paints for his colleagues treating COVID patients

CHICAGO -- Every morning, Dr. Justin Fiala rides a CTA bus along Lake Shore Drive, and it feels like going into battle. Before the pandemic, stepping onto a bus was just a commute to work. He and other Chicagoans headed into the city together, toward busy downtown offices and mask-free…

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