CTA Reroutes Buses Due To Flooding
Flooding has caused the CTA to reroute several buses.
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Flooding has caused the CTA to reroute several buses.
A man who reportedly threatened to blow up a Blue Line CTA train was detained briefly on Tuesday morning.
Red Line trains were rerouted Monday afternoon because of a small rubbish fire in a Loop subway, but normal service resumed prior to the evening rush.
The countdown is on: In just about a month, the CTA will begin the Red Line reconstruction project.
Eight people were taken to hospitals after an accident involving a CTA bus and two cars at Chicago and Pulaski this morning, reports WBBM's Steve Miller.
A teen was sentenced to 32 years in prison Friday after admitting he pushed a woman to her death on a CTA staircase after stealing another commuter's iPhone, the Sun-Times is reporting.
The CTA says it plans to upgrade its wireless network so passengers can use their cell phones even in its subways and going through tunnels.
Preparation for spring construction on the CTA's Red Line will lead to the shutdown of weekend service on the Ashland/63rd branch of the Green Line for three consecutive weekends beginning at 10 p.m. Friday.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning against a 33-year-old man who suspected of stabbing another man during an altercation at a CTA Red Line station on the Near North Side Monday night.
An intoxicated man died after falling down the stairs at a North Side CTA station early Tuesday.
Cameron Griggs, 19, allegedly was with four other males who attacked two females and a male on a Red Line train at 15 W. 69th St.
One man was beaten to death at a CTA station, a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and at least 15 other people were wounded in separate acts of violence across the city this weekend.
A man died Saturday after he got into a fight with another man on a South Side CTA Green Line station platform.
Most of the CTA's Red Line trains were suspended for about two hours on the South Side Thursday night because a man was killed by a train, authorities said.
The CTA's management insists that its new "Ventra" fare system won't cost riders anything extra. But even some of its board members sounded unconvinced despite approving it unanimously Wednesday at their monthly board meeting.
The rumble of CTA L cars over the Wells Street Bridge is due to resume Monday in time for Purple and Brown Line riders to return to normal rush-hour schedules.
Police are asking for help finding the man suspected of trying to rape a woman after she got off a CTA Red Line train on the South Side last month.
The apprentices start at $9.25 an hour at jobs cleaning buses and trains, and can work themselves into jobs as CTA bus drivers.
A CTA bus driver is recovering tonight after being robbed on the job by a man using a stun gun. CBS 2's Mai Martinez talks with a Good Samaritan who helped the injured woman.
This morning's commute might be a big hassle for thousands who depend on the CTA's Brown and Purple lines.
A CTA bus driver was found slumped over the steering wheel of a bus after she was Tasered and robbed by a passenger Saturday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
The CTA compares it to open heart surgery: the shutdown of the Wells Street Bridge for reconstruction, starting this weekend - affecting the Brown Line and five other lines. And Mayor Emanuel says the city is saving money - and time.
It's a big hassle for thousands of CTA riders and it's all to replace a major Chicago bridge.
Riders have been warned for weeks, but apparently only now are some beginning to think about how they'll get around, even though work to rebuild the Wells Street bridge over the Chicago River will cut off the Brown Line's access to the Loop for 10 days.
Attention Brown and Red Line CTA riders: Your commute is about to change in a major way.
