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As CTA plots budget cuts, riders brace for slashes in service, pricey transport options
Lawmakers depart Springfield without funding $770 million needed to cover holes in regional transit agencies' budgets. CTA ...
Illinois legislators left Springfield without funding public transit (for now). Here’s what that means for CTA, Metra, Pace.
Lawmakers still have time to avert a $771 million fiscal cliff. But transit agencies like the CTA will start planning now for ...
CTA riders express concern over possible transit cuts after Illinois budget ignores looming shortfall
Illinois lawmakers wrapped up the spring session without allocating any funding for the Chicago Transit Authority, leaving no ...
Project Safe Neighborhoods expands to downtown, CTA trains
The U.S. Justice Department program started in 2001 to try to secure stiffer prison sentences for gun offenders. Up to now in ...
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Federal Prosecutors Expanding Violence Prevention Initiative to Downtown Chicago, All CTA Train Lines
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois on Wednesday announced the expansion of its Project Safe ...
Person on tracks snags CTA Blue Line on Chicago's Near West Side
CTA Blue Line trains were disrupted on Chicago's Near West Side during the Tuesday evening rush due to an unauthorized person ...
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Transit Briefs: Brightline, CTA
Brightline, Florida’s private-sector passenger railroad, launches a partnership with JetBlue. Also, Chicago Transit Authority ...
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CTA Paid Some Employees $1M for Remote Work They Could Not Complete, Watchdog Report Finds
The Chicago Transit Authority has paid out more than $1 million over the past five years to vault operations employees for ...
'Closer to the cliff': CTA faces massive cuts as Illinois budget ignores looming $770M shortfall
Illinois lawmakers wrapped up the spring session without allocating any funding for the Chicago Transit Authority, leaving no ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson ‘hopeful’ on Springfield transit deal before CTA fiscal cliff
Mayor Brandon Johnson again argued the “resources are there” to bail out the CTA while acknowledging time is running out for ...