CTA To Offer Free Rides To Students On First Day Of Class
The CTA once again will provide free rides for the first day of classes in Chicago's Public Schools, on Aug. 26.
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The CTA once again will provide free rides for the first day of classes in Chicago's Public Schools, on Aug. 26.
CTA is running a deficit this year that, so far, stands at $10 million. But it is reassuring riders that the shortfall won't impact them.
Chicago police arrested a group of male robbery suspects dressed as women on the Blue Line on Monday morning.
Police said a man was waiting for her outside the restroom, and attacked her as she exited the washroom to return to her booth.
Every year some 800 to 900 property thefts are reported on CTA trains. Most of the stolen items are I-Phones or other electronic devices. The thefts, as Mike Parker reports, follow a familiar pattern, a pattern you should know about.
A government watchdog group said Wednesday that the resignations of two Regional Transportation Authority board members this week pointed to larger, troubling issues for the Chicago area's transit agencies.
For the first time, the CTA's fleet of 'L' cars is 100 percent accessible. But total accessibility is still a way off for Chicago's rapid transit system.
Acting on rider complaints, the CTA on Friday released the proposed seating configuration it will provide to manufacturers bidding on its next generation of 'L' cars.
Three people were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries after a CTA Pink Line train struck a vehicle in west suburban Cicero Thursday evening.
Nine people were hurt late Wednesday morning, when a CTA bus and a pickup truck crashed in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
With the mayor at his side, CTA President Forest Claypool explained how excessive absenteeism was costing the agency $40 million in 2011.
The Ventra card allows riders to use a single card for CTA and Pace transportation, according to a CTA release.
Democratic candidate for governor Bill Daley said the Regional Transportation Authority – which oversees the finances of CTA, Pace and Metra – has reached the end of the line, and should be eliminated.
The CTA Red Line was shut down Sunday night after a man was struck and killed by a train near the State and Grand station, authorities said.
A Chicago artist whose work has been featured around the world has been picked as the head of a major art project for the CTA.
Police were seeking a man who has been ripping off cell phones and purses in and around a South Loop subway stop.
Another nine-day closure is just ahead on the Brown Line, but this time it's at the outer end of the line.
As many as 3,000 airline employees and other workers at O'Hare International Airport will be able to board the CTA Blue Line free at the airport through July 12, as the transit agency scrambles to provide them with special fare cards.
Six weeks in, the CTA Red Line South reconstruction project remains on schedule and on budget.
A CTA bus driver was critically hurt and had to be cut out of a wreck when a bus collided with a dump truck and two other vehicles on the Far South Side Wednesday night.
A CTA bus driver is recovering from burns after a bizarre attack by a passenger overnight.
Service on the CTA's Blue Line was suspended on Friday morning due to a small rubbish fire in the subway.
The CTA said the first week of the Red Line South Reconstruction Project has gone smoothly, but it can go even smoother if riders follow a few suggestions.
Pushback by riders and consumer groups have prompted the CTA to pull back on some of the fees it intended to charge when it introduces its new Ventra transit fare card this summer.
Around 11:10 a.m., a 57-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were shot in the 1100 block of South State Street.
