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The Bus Priority Corridor Study will explore ways to make bus travel faster, more convenient, and more comfortable on five specific routes, the CTA said.
Six CTA buses are now operating with automated cameras designed to enforce parking and standing violations in bike and bus lanes, the agency announced Wednesday. The cameras, called Automated Bus Lane Enforcement (ABLE) systems,
The 26-year-old man was found unresponsive Monday on the street in the 3400 block of North Ashland Avenue, Chicago police said.
Chicago police are looking for a group of seven women and one man who beat and robbed people on a CTA Blue Line platform in the Loop.
Illinois Democrats push through massive $1.5 billion plan that overhauls Chicago-area public transit
With the clock ticking down to avert an impending public transit fiscal cliff, Illinois Democrats in the pre-dawn hours Friday muscled through a $1.5 billion plan that diverts state gas tax and road fund revenue for mass transit,
CTA and city of Chicago expand Smart Streets pilot with bus-mounted automated enforcement technology
Six buses will be outfitted with the ABLE system that checks for parking and standing violations in bus and bike lanes.
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Chicago man charged with robbing CTA rider at gunpoint
A 21-year-old man has been charged with robbing a woman at gunpoint on a CTA Green Line train in May. Police said Labrun Bob stole the victim’s belongings while armed near the Conservatory-Central Park Drive station. He was arrested Tuesday in the Austin neighborhood and is due in court for a detention hearing Wednesday.
Regional transit agencies have seen their budget gap decrease from $771 million to $202 million. But if that budget hole is not plugged, major service cuts could be in order, advocates warned.
A man was beaten by a group on a Chicago CTA Red Line train; police are investigating, and no suspects have been arrested.
CHICAGO ( WGN) — A woman died Sunday afternoon after falling onto the train tracks on Chicago’s Near North Side, police said. According to police, the incident occurred just before 4:30 in the 1500 block of South Sedgwick Street.