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Fire on tracks disrupts CTA Brown Line at Paulina
A fire on the tracks disrupted the Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line in the Lakeview, Roscoe Village, and North Center ...
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Chicago ‘ghost buses’ may be a thing of the past as CTA shares new data with transit apps
For the first time, the Chicago Transit Authority is providing data about which buses have been canceled each day so they don ...
As CTA safety worries persist, video shows aggressive passenger on train with no police or security
No charges have been filed against the man seen in the video instigating the fight on the Red Line. But it is an example of a ...
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RTA warns: Fare hikes are coming, one way or another
The RTA can't order the individual transit agencies to raise fares, but it can reject their budgets. To address the looming ...
Parking space minimums eliminated in much of Chicago, change aimed at adding housing density
Builders putting residences near a CTA train or bus line will soon no longer need special approval to completely forgo ...
Derailed: Looming funding cuts to Philadelphia’s transit system offer a lesson for Chicago
Philadelphia is facing a massive transit deficit caused in large part, like Chicago’s, by the expiration of federal pandemic ...
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Improvements at 44 CTA bus turnarounds and rail stations on track to be complete by end of 2025
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced on Aug. 5 that more than 20 rail stations and bus turnarounds had seen ...
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Chicago takes aim at smoking on trains, but is approach too soft?
Train riders have long complained that bad behavior, including tobacco and cannabis use, has gotten out of hand.
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The CTA is staring down a financial disaster - Crain's Chicago Business
The Chicago Transit Authority is proposing a no-harm 2023 budget today that includes no fare hikes or service cuts and continues to ramp up spending on capital projects. But that good news may not ...