Passengers Evacuate Red Line Train Due To Smoke
Passengers were briefly evacuated from a Red Line subway train Wednesday evening due to smoke on the tracks.
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Passengers were briefly evacuated from a Red Line subway train Wednesday evening due to smoke on the tracks.
Members of the incoming Emanuel administration are hinting at tough contract negotiations ahead at the Chicago Transit Authority.
A day after naming a new team to run the city's public schools, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday that he's tapping former Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool to run the CTA.
A minor derailment caused major delays on the Red, Brown and Purple 'L' lines Tuesday morning.
The Chicago Transit Authority will soon have two electric buses on the roads, but how long can the buses travel with a load of passengers on a single charge in Chicago's unpredictable weather?
Overnight construction work is expected to cause delays on the Red Line this weekend.
The CTA is providing extra service for both Bulls and Blackhawks fans heading to playoff games this weekend.
Loud bangs were heard in a the tunnel that connects the Blue Line to the Red Line at Jackson Boulevard this morning but police say it was not gunfire.
There are signs the gasoline price crisis may be making Chicago traffic jams a little easier to bear.
Rising gas prices have everyone thinking about the best way to get around. Public transportation is highly touted, but is it the smart way to go?
It's been several days since 68-year-old Sally Katona-King died from being pushed at the Fullerton Avenue L stop. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports on how the police may be tracking the killer down.
Police plan to release a sketch of the man who knocked down and killed a 68-year-old grandmother as he bolted from a robbery at the Fullerton 'L' stop earlier in the week.
The CTA Blue Line was shut down between the West Loop and West Side late Wednesday morning, after a body was found under a Near West Side train platform.
Chicago Police are seeking the public's help in catching the suspect who sent a woman tumbling down a flight of stairs as he escaped from a robbery at the Fullerton 'L' stop. The woman later died.
A woman has died after an attack in broad daylight at the busy Fullerton Avenue 'L' stop, but she wasn't even the intended target.
Chicago Police have issued an alert to riders of a CTA bus route to watch their purses and be on the lookout for two young men.
Late-night Blue Line riders should allow extra travel time this week as maintenance work is expected to cause delays.
Maintenance work on the CTA Blue Line and Brown Line this weekend will lead to some minor delays for passengers.
Two months after the CTA proposed closing five stops or even digging a new subway for the Red and Purple line 'L' system, improvements to the busy transit lines remains a hot topic.
CTA Blue Line trains just west of downtown were momentarily delayed Tuesday morning as fire crews checked out reports of smoke in the subway.
A male nearly avoided being struck by a Downtown Blue Line train Friday night.
CTA bus routes may experience delays Saturday afternoon because of an anti-war march Downtown.
Chicago-area transit riders are nearing the day when they'll be able to find out easily how far away the next train or bus is on any bus, 'L' or train line.
The third of four men charged with beating and chasing another man on a Red Line subway platform from where he fell and was electrocuted pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday.
Two CTA passengers who beat and chased another man on a Red Line subway platform where he fell and was electrocuted were convicted of murder Monday.
