Controversial CTA board chair keeps job

Chicago Transit Authority board chair Lester Barclay, who has faced heat from transit advocates for criticizing Illinois’ transit reform legislation, will continue to helm the transit agency’s ...

What’s your NITA dream project? Experts weigh in as new agency directing CTA, Metra, Pace plans budget

As Chicago's new transit agency overseeing CTA, Metra and Pace finalizes its 2027 budget, the Sun-Times wants to hear how you ...
Chicago Reader

CTA employees share the personal cost of working inside the nation’s second-largest transit agency

Around 3:30 AM, Aundra Thompson, 57, wakes to his phone’s alarm clock. Outside, darkness cloaks the sleepy Forest Park community in which he resides. Unlike some Chicagoans, Thompson doesn’t have the ...

CTA in settlement talks with feds in Red Line Extension lawsuit

The Chicago Transit Authority is in settlement talks with the U.S. Department of Transportation in a lawsuit over federal ...
Hoodline

CTA Bus Overdose at Madison and Paulina Ends With Man Walking Off Alive

Unresponsive on a CTA bus, a man was breathing again within minutes after officers stepped in with a second Narcan dose.

Deadly stabbing at CTA Green Line stop renews calls for heightened safety measures

There’s a renewed call across Chicago for accountability and better safety measures after a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) employee was stabbed to death at the Damen Green Line stop on Thursday.