The Chicago Transit Authority is deploying sheriff’s deputies on its trains, installing high-barrier entry gates to deter fare evasion, and starting “farecard inspection missions” after the agency’s ...

In Chicago, Illinois, a transit expansion for the Red Line is underway that will connect the Far South Side to downtown while ...

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 ...

The trend is bad news for the Chicago Transit Authority and its interim leader Nora Leerhsen, who points to positive trends on the transit system as she tries to appease the federal government.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has identified the young woman who was set on fire last week while she was riding a Chicago Transit Authority train as Bethany MaGee, 26. Duffy, in a post on X, ...

Police from the Cook County sheriff’s office will patrol the CTA as the mass transit agency tries to head off threats from the Trump administration that it must shape up on crime or risk losing ...

Last month, Bethany MaGee was set on fire while riding a CTA train. A man was stabbed and robbed on Thanksgiving Day on a CTA train. Violence on the CTA this year reached its second-highest level ...

President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a ...

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 ...

The city of Chicago needs to tighten security or face the threat of losing federal funding for public transportation in Chicago after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train in ...

The Road Fund is a primary statewide account used to pay for or finance road projects through the Illinois Department of ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to provide $1.5 billion in new revenue for public transportation agencies while creating a new Chicago-area oversight agency. The plan does not include any statewide tax ...