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Body found on CTA Blue Line tracks near O’Hare Airport

The person was found unresponsive around 3:25 p.m. Friday near Terminal 5, and the O’Hare station was closed.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA Yellow Line reopens after crash, commuters happy service has resumed

The Yellow Line, which connects north suburban Skokie to the city via the CTA, reopened to commuters Friday after a train collided with a snowplow on the tracks in November.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA Yellow Line reopens Friday, 7 weeks after crash

The transit agency has been running shuttle buses along the Skokie Swift line since the Nov. 16 crash near the Howard Street station, when a southbound train struck a CTA snowplow being used for training.

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Pilsen couple become first Cook County newlyweds of 2024

They met waiting for a CTA bus headed for Navy Pier six years ago and beat out over 200 other couples to receive Cook County’s first marriage license of the new year.

Chicago Sun-Times

CES: U.S. Senators, FCC Commissioners and Other Officials to Headline Policy Discussions in Vegas

FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Anna Gomez will be among those speaking

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CTA bus collides with vehicle, crashes into building on Near West Side; multiple injuries reported

Five people were treated for injuries when a car strikes a bus, sending the bus into an apartment building in the 2200 block of West Washington Boulevard about 5:40 p.m.

Chicago Sun-Times

Are You Ready for the Corporate Transparency Act?

CTA, taking effect on Jan. 1, requires many businesses to file with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Filing requirements and privacy issues are raising eyebrows.

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Air Canada Slapped With £58k Fine For Forcing Disabled Passenger To Drag Himself Off Plane

The incident took place in August last year.

International Business Times UK

Misrepresenting CTA’s fiscal problems won’t help with finding a fix

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning was commissioned to find ways to find solve the budget gap and released the Plan of Action for Regional Transit, a step in the right direction.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA, Metra offering free bus, train rides on New Year’s Eve

CTA will offer free bus and train rides from 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve until 4 a.m. the next morning, the agency announced. Metra will offer free rides on trains arriving or departing downtown stations after 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve.

Chicago Sun-Times

Public transit in Chicago will fall off a fiscal cliff without a plan for 2025

Federal pandemic relief funds will run out in 2025. Regional authorities, the state of Illinois and federal agencies have to lay a track for the future of CTA, Metra and Pace, two lawmakers write.

Chicago Sun-Times

Knife-wielding man shot during argument at CTA Red Line station in Englewood

About 10:45 p.m., the man, 40, and another person were arguing on the mezzanine level at the Garfield station in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard when the man took out a knife and was shot in the right shoulder, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 shot at CTA Red Line station in South Loop

About 10 p.m. Saturday, two men, 20 and 25, were at the Roosevelt station in the 1100 block of South State Street causing a disturbance when they were shot, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

A failure to increase funding for mass transit will widen racial equity gap in Cook County

The affordability and availability of transit is a racial justice issue for metropolitan Chicago, the RTA chairman writes.

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“Drugs and alcohol and ego clashes got in the way, but we managed to keep them quiet”: the unbelievable story of Chicago, the soft rock kings with steel in their hearts

Jazz-rock experimentalists, money-spinning soft rock kings, derided balladeers? The mighty Chicago have been all of these and more

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA boss says Yellow Line crash conditions are isolated, not systemwide

Brushing aside criticism that he has remained silent since the crash, CTA President Dorval Carter said National Transportation Safety Board rules prohibit him from commenting on the investigation. But he tried to allay speculation about a potential design flaw.

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A Chicago train operator knew snow equipment was on the line but braked immediately, review finds

The operator of a Chicago commuter train that collided with snow-removal equipment last month knew the machine would be on the line that day but wasn’t aware of its exact location, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA will reduce train speeds on Yellow Line in response to crash, federal investigators say

The National Transportation Safety Board is focusing on CTA rail signals, railcar brakes and track conditions as it tries to determine why the train couldn’t avoid hitting the snowplow near the Howard Street station.

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Split decision for police union: Council committee OKs contract extension, rejects arbitrator’s ruling on cop discipline

Over strong objection from the Fraternal Order of Police and its Council allies, the committee voted to reject an arbitrator’s ruling that would allow officers accused of serious wrongdoing to bypass the Police Board and hold proceedings behind closed doors.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA and CDOT unveil proposal that calls for more bus-only lanes, lights that let buses go first

The transit agencies say the plan aims to bus service including shorter travel times and more consistency, but some transit advocates say it lacks specifics on which changes will be implemented and when.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s winter overnight parking ban returns Friday

The ban will affect main roads from 3 to 7 a.m. until April 1.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man stabbed on Loop CTA platform: CPD

It happened in the 100 block of North Clark Street about 3:30 a.m.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA Yellow Line service remains suspended after crash that injured 38

A reopening date for the line, which handles about 1,500 commuters every weekday, hasn’t been set. A southbound train struck a snow plow on tracks near the Howard stop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Deck the cars - the CTA holiday train returns

The CTA holiday train returned Friday afternoon, bringing thousands of lights and Santa’s sleigh to the city’s Green and Orange Line tracks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Is CTA service getting better? What Chicago commuters told us.

Chicago city transit officials have said L service is getting back on track. Hundreds of riders who answered a WBEZ survey aren’t so sure.

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