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The Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act would allow riders to pay one universal fare for one pass – regardless of what method of transportation they use. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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The Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act would allow riders to pay one universal fare for one pass – regardless of what method of transportation they use. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Police say just before noon on April 16, the victim was approached while on the train at the Garfield Stop at 220 West Garfield Boulevard.
Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, said the driver radioed for police help. But nobody came, Hill said.
The head of the Chicago Transit Authority drivers’ union said the attack was targeted, and is worried about safety for drivers going into the summer. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
CTA security cameras captured images last Thursday at about 10:30 p.m.
It happened on April 11 around 10:30 p.m. at the Red Line Grand stop at 521 N. State St.
The CTA said there were no reports of anyone on the bus being injured.
Chicago Police said they have no information on the incident.
The video shows security with K-9s responding, but Chicago Police said they have no information on the incident at the Roosevelt station.
In addition, new rail operators will be added to the services as they complete the required training in the coming months.
They say it happened on the #8449 bus on March 18.
Surveillance images appeared to show her swinging a frying pan at several windows on the CTA, causing damage, according to Chicago police.
With four new cases in the past week, the Chicago Department of Public Health has confirmed 57 cases of measles since early March, when an outbreak began at the city's migrant shelter in Pilsen.
Surveillance cameras captured an image of the suspect, police say, approached and punched the victim and attempted to take their bag.
He was charged with one felony count of aggravated robbery with an indication of a firearm.
The tracks sustained electrical and structural damage as a result of the fire.
The tracks sustained electrical and structural damage as a result of the fire.
Chicago police are asking for the public's help with identifying three men in connection to a robbery on a CTA Red Line platform last weekend.
Detectives say he came up to the victim, snatched the headphones from her head, and ran off the train.
One robbery happened near the Washington and Wells Brown Line stop.
As seen in video from Chopper 2, the fire was out by 3:30 p.m. – but personnel remained on the tracks.
Trains on the Red and Purple lines were shut down between Howard and Belmont due to the fire at Addison Street.
Chicago police said the group struck at least eight times on CTA buses, trains, and platforms between March 2 and March 9:
"We know for a fact on the bus, people get on with weapons. ... So a bag check is more than welcome to me," said Keith Hill, president of the CTA's largest worker union.
"Kevin Powell died without ever clenching a fist, without ever attacking his attacker, without ever defending himself."
