CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Violent crimes on Chicago’s public transit system have increased in recent weeks, leaving local officials searching for solutions amid threats by the federal government to ...

On the Daily Gist, reporter John Pletz sketched out the big ideas reformers are pushing, from modest governance changes to ...

A Chicago bus driving down a busy road - Wirestock/Getty Images Imagine you're waiting at a Chicago Avenue stop in the Windy City's Ukrainian Village, waiting for the 66 bus, when you see the guy ...

Illinois Democrats last week saved the Chicago Transit Authority from drastic cuts, and Mayor Brandon Johnson from taking further heat from public transportation advocates — but they permanently took ...

An analysis by the Chicago Tribune reveals that a little-known program that allows transit agencies to ban riders has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing ...

Transit crime grabbed headlines again in 1978 after the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Rita L. Hopkinson at Oak Park’s Austin Avenue L station. Mayor Michael Bilandic responded by proposing to add 100 ...

Chicago Transit Authority ridership has plunged since mid-March, when Illinois' stay-at-home order went into effect. But the declines in train and bus ridership were much smaller on the city's South ...

Still, in the places where favorable conditions for Good Transit prevail, 40’ of bus might not be enough to meet peak loads. When the demand for transit tangibly exceeds the supply, and additional ...

A man was stabbed after an argument on a Chicago Transit Authority bus on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. Around 6:40 p.m., two men got into a verbal altercation on a CTA bus that was traveling ...

Twenty people were injured in a crash involving a car and a Chicago Transit Authority bus on the city’s South Side, officials said.