CTA lifts capacity restrictions as city fully reopens

The CTA eliminated its rider capacity restrictions on buses and trains Friday and launched a new Transit Ambassador program.

Man who refused to wear mask told CTA bus driver, ‘I’ll blow your f—— head off’ before firing gun: prosecutor

Fred White told the driver, “I’ll blow your f—— head off” as he was kicked off the bus. White then fired three shots from a 9mm gun he had been carrying in a black plastic bag, striking the bus twice as it pulled away.

Man charged with shooting CTA bus over mask policy

A man is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting a CTA bus after the driver asked him to wear his mask.

Designs for state-of-the-art Loop CTA station unveiled by Lightfoot

Preliminary design concepts were unveiled Wednesday by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and members of the Chicago Department of Transportation and the CTA to upgrade the aging CTA station at State and Lake streets.

CTA Train Derailment on North Side
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Red Line services on the North Side have been temporarily suspended Monday evening following a train derailment near Bryn Mawr Avenue.

CTA Pride Train returns to Red Line tracks

The CTA unveiled its redesigned Pride Train which will be in circuit on the Red Line from now into the fall.

Robberies reported near CTA stations in Englewood, Fuller Park

Chicago police are warning residents of a series of robberies reported in recent weeks near CTA stations on the South Side.

Lightfoot, Durbin break ground on $2.1B CTA modernization project
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Sen. Dick Durbin broke ground Wednesday on the reconstruction of four 100-year-old stations and track structures on CTA's busiest rail line.

Lightfoot, Durbin break ground on Red Line modernization project

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Sen. Dick Durbin broke ground Wednesday on the reconstruction of four 100-year-old stations and track structures on CTA's busiest rail line.

Body found at CTA Blue Line station downtown

Chicago police are conducting an investigation after a man was found dead Saturday at a CTA Blue Line station in South Loop.

CTA to reduce the price of 3 unlimited-ride passes starting Friday

Prices will be reduced on three of the CTA's existing limited-ride passes as a part of the city's "Open Chicago" initiative.

Blue Line train strikes man who fell onto tracks in West Garfield Park

A 58-year-old man was struck by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday morning after he accidentally from the platform of a station in West Garfield Park on the West Side.

CTA debuts new art installation at Austin bus stop

New artwork is coming to a CTA bus facility Monday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

CTA debuts new art at Austin bus stop
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New artwork is coming to a CTA bus facility Monday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

Two CTA Red Line stations will remain closed for next three years

The Lawrence station in Uptown and Berwyn station in Edgewater will be demolished and rebuilt as part of the transit agency's modernization project. Those stations are about a hundred years old.