CTA Bus Driver Passes Out, Crashes Into 20 Parked Cars
A CTA bus crashed into a building and about 20 parked cars in the Logan Square neighborhood Friday morning when the bus driver lost consciousness.
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A CTA bus crashed into a building and about 20 parked cars in the Logan Square neighborhood Friday morning when the bus driver lost consciousness.
A woman assaulted on the CTA Blue Line in Oak Park last week told police another passenger struck her in the face with a sock filled with human excrement.
When low-paid part-time employees from O'Hare International Airport complained loud and long that a $5 fare for Blue Line rides leaving the airport was too much, someone listened.
CTA over the weekend undertook its biggest service reshuffling in three years -- without changing its bottom line. As a result, some riders Monday will see additional service, while a dozen bus routes are eliminated and service will be curtailed on 16 others.
Five people were injured in a CTA bus accident in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
The CTA ads display jihad goals like building friendships, saying fit or marching on despite loss of a child.
CTA fares are going up so that desperately needed infrastructure improvements can be paid for; all while the final fixes are underway to correct costly mistakes made on the CTA's $580 million Brown Line reconstruction project.
Seniors say the portion of this route now on the endangered list keeps them connected to city life. They took their concerns to a CTA hearing Monday night. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
A new study by DePaul University advises at least $2 billion a year in spending is needed for the Chicago area's mass transit system, to avoid a meltdown of the aging network.
The 2013 CTA budget calls for fare hikes for daily, three day, seven day and 30 day passes effective Jan. 14.
Problems with switches at one of the busiest rail junctions on the CTA's rapid transit system made a mess out of the homebound commute Friday evening and could mean delays until at least Saturday afternoon on lines that use the Loop L tracks.
For the first time ever, the CTA will have a corporate sponsor to back its popular "penny rides" on New Year's Eve.
No more doomsdays – that was the promise from Chicago Transit Authority President Forrest Claypool on Monday as the agency pushed its new budget.
With the holiday season upon us, and larger crowds out on the streets, in the stores, and riding trains and buses, police were warning to be on guard against pickpockets and cell phone thieves.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday defended his comments about the plan to raise the prices for CTA passes, saying his words on Monday were misinterpreted.
It was a bad day today on the subway, knowing my 30 day pass is about to expire, and the cost of a new one's about to go up next year.
Blue Line service is experiencing major delays due to a "track condition" near Rosemont.
A 28-year-old southwest side man was still in the hospital Saturday -- as a judge set bond at $150,000 for charges stemming from his Thanksgiving Day attack on a CTA bus driver, its passengers and police officers.
Some have called it "the train the grinches couldn't kill," because of the outcry that occurred when a handful of CTA managers once tried to discontinue it as a belt-tightening measure.
A CTA passenger and bus driver were hospitalized Thursday evening after being attacked by another passenger, who Chicago Police shot and later Tased to subdue him.
The New Year will mean higher fares for half of the CTA's ridership.
The CTA struck a tentative cost-saving labor contract Monday with its largest union.
Holiday travel is difficult no matter where you're from. Everyone is trying to get home to see their loved ones as fast as possible and generally traveling with more luggage than usual as they're all bearing gifts. Chicagoans have a further cross to bear being a hub city and a centralized urban area. Here are a few tips to make your holiday trip less hectic.
The CTA was supposed to unveil its 2013 budget Thursday – but canceled the presentation minutes before a scheduled news conference because of overnight progress in talks with its two major unions.
Controversial ads have appeared on 10 CTA buses -- and the transit agency says it could do nothing to prevent them from running.
