CTA: Fare Hikes Or Service Cuts A "Last Resort" For 2018
Metra says it is ready to raise fares for the fourth time in four years, but the head of the CTA says he is not about to follow Metra's lead
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Metra says it is ready to raise fares for the fourth time in four years, but the head of the CTA says he is not about to follow Metra's lead
Police are searching for a man who pushed a CTA rider onto the tracks last week at the Washington Blue Line station.
The new Washington/Wabash station has been under construction since 2015.
A person of interest was in custody and being questioned Tuesday night in connection with a shooting earlier in this month at a Red Line station in downtown Chicago, according to the Chicago Police Department's Office of News Affairs.
Riders can sign-up to receive text alerts from the CTA informing them when either to wait awhile or that it is a good time to ride.
Chicago police say an unattended backpack was discovered on a bus around 4:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of North Kimball.
A man was found dead on the Brown Line tracks early Tuesday on the North Side, police said.
The targeted victim was not on a train as the shooter fired, as police previously said.
A gunman fired into a CTA Red Line train Thursday night at a downtown subway stop, wounding a 23-year-old passenger who apparently was targeted, police said.
Many CTA riders turned to ride-share services on Tuesday morning after CTA service halted only to find sky-high prices.
According to the Fire Department, the body of a 20-year-old man was found on the 'L' tracks just south of Fullerton around 6:30 a.m.
The Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace announced Friday that the Ventra transit app has been downloaded more than two million times.
The man was changing a tire on a bus near the intersection of Michigan and Congress when the the tow truck cable lifting the bus snapped.
Two people were taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon after a car crashed into a CTA Pink Line station in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
For the seventh consecutive year, CTA will provide free rides on the first day of school to Chicago Public School students and parents accompanying students.
Police have released surveillance photos of a man who was armed with a box cutter when he robbed a woman on a Green Line train in the South Loop last month.
Just before 2 a.m., he touched the third rail and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Chicago Police.
The Chicago Department of Transportation announced Monday that construction on Wabash Ave. between Monroe and Washington Streets has been completed. Crews have removed the scaffolding with two lanes of traffic, parking and unobstructed sidewalks now open to the public.
Quinton Hunt was last seen about 11:40 a.m. at the North/Clybourn Red Line station in the 1500 block of North Clybourn, police said.
Police say a man got out of a dark-colored SUV and started shooting. The people he hit were also on foot.
The Chicago Transit Authority and Uber are offering free rides for fans during this week's Crosstown Classic.
Nearly 875,000 people ride CTA buses every day, but they usually ride on the inside.
The 39-year-old was stabbed in the chest by another female about 12:50 a.m. outside the Jefferson Park station.
Chicagoans can board the public-transit buses of yesterday. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
Corvel Brown was stabbed in the abdomen during an argument in front of the turnstile at the train station at 12:37 p.m.
The WNBA celebrated its 30th season by holding its first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022.
Jeremy Peña finished with three of Houston's six hits and scored twice.
The victim suffered multiple injuries to the body and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he died, Chicago police said.
Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs as the Chicago Cubs cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased commercial spyware that can covertly take control of phones, collect messages, photos and location information.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission voted on Thursday to publish a report outlining details of the investigation that led to state Rep. Harry Benton (D-Chicago) to resign his post earlier this month.
Voters in Chicago will have a chance to decide in November if the city should go after the federal government for money spent dealing with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown and Operation Midway Blitz.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
One woman was killed and another was hospitalized after a shooting in Chicago’s Roseland community early Sunday.
Firefighters in the woodlands in southeast Texas say they get several calls each summer from residents hearing what they believe are barking dogs trapped in neighborhood storm drains.
Rescue crews saved about 10 horses from an adjacent barn who stood in their stalls, frozen in fear. Unfortunately, 17 horses died in the fire.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest on the return of the extreme heat, along with a storm risk for Sunday and Monday in First Alert Weather.
Officials believe the affected iceberg lettuce came from a Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico. The supplier says it has suspended production of all its products in that region.
Initial reports say the crash involved two boats and at least one of them may have flipped over.
A 5-year-old boy and a man were injured during a drive-by shooting on Chicago's Near West Side overnight.
The victim suffered multiple injuries to the body and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he died, Chicago police said.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
After the parade, the community resource fair provided an opportunity for job seekers.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
The WNBA celebrated its 30th season by holding its first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022.
Jeremy Peña finished with three of Houston's six hits and scored twice.
Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs as the Chicago Cubs cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
Christian Walker hit a three-run double, Cam Smith added a two-run homer in Houston's eight-run sixth inning and the Astros overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Friday night.
WNBA All-Star weekend festivities continue. Chicago is the center of the women's basketball universe and fan interest has grown for this event.
Madison, Wisconsin remains one of the only cities of its size without a police body camera program, leaving key moments of a fatal officer-involved shooting unrecorded.
A man was killed and a teenage boy was wounded in a shooting on Thursday evening in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
A man and a woman were found shot and killed inside a car on Thursday evening on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest.
Three men have been convicted of a string of violent robberies targeting liquor stores, convenience stores, and bars in Chicago in 2023 and 2024.
