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The Chicago Transit Authority, Pace and Metra will all offer free trips arriving at downtown stations on the evening of New Year’s Eve, the agencies announced.

A man has been charged with stabbing a CTA bus driver who caught him attempting to pickpocket another rider in Lincoln Park.

The president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 is calling on the Chicago Transit Authority to do more to protect workers after an attack over the weekend. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A man grabbed and choked a person, demanding his belongings, on the CTA Red Line earlier this week until he complied, according to authorities.

Crews are still working to clean up the damage after a crane collapsed in Chicago’s Edgewater Beach neighborhood Wednesday, snarling traffic, knocking down power lines and causing service disruptions on several CTA train lines. According to CTA officials, service on both the Purple and Red lines was delayed by the collapse, which took place just before rush hour. The...

The Chicago Department of Transportation says it will conduct a review to potentially place new clearance signage along a stretch of the L where the most vehicle collisions have occurred citywide in the past year, days after an NBC 5 Investigates report highlighted those crashes on the city’s West Side.

The Chicago Transit Authority will require all employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine by this fall as metrics continue to rise statewide, officials announced Friday.

Residents in one Chicago neighborhood have long complained about trucks getting stuck under the same stretch of the L, even going as far as to call it “”the most dangerous street in Chicago.” NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

More than half of all collisions in which vehicles have become stuck under Chicago Transit Authority structures citywide in the past year have occurred on the same stretch of the L on the city’s West Side, an area community members have labeled “the most dangerous street in Chicago” as they call for change.

The Chicago Transit Authority’s Red And Purple Modernization Project is a work in progress to make the century-old transit line better for tens of thousands of people. But there is a slight obstacle. NBC 5’s Jen DeSalvo reports.

A CTA employee was stabbed after he accidentally sprayed a woman with water while cleaning a platform in the Loop Wednesday night, according to Chicago Police.

The Chicago Transit Authority on Monday revealed its newly redesigned Pride Train, returning this month for its fifth year of service, this time featuring elements of the Philly Flag and Transgender Flag.

The Chicago Transit Authority on Thursday announced a new promotion on reduced fares in an effort to support the city’s reopening, according to a press release. CTA is reducing the price on three of its existing unlimited ride passes in an effort to attract new riders and encourage existing customers to use public transit. “Throughout the pandemic, CTA services...

As health officials in Chicago continue to work on expanding availability and accessibility to the coronavirus vaccine, a unique initiative was launched on Saturday, as a Chicago Transit Authority bus was transformed into a mobile vaccination site in the city’s Austin neighborhood. The initiative will aim to bring coronavirus vaccine doses to all areas of the city, and Saturday’s...

A CTA bus was transformed into a mobile COVID vaccination unit neighborhood Saturday in the Austin neighborhood, as the city looks to expand accessibility to the vaccine. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has more.

A 26-year-old man is facing charges after beating a woman Thursday in the Loop Blue Line train station.

The Chicago Transit Authority is testing more electric buses on the city’s streets.

With more people seeking out public transportation, the Chicago Transit Authority on Sunday increased capacity on buses and trains. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

With the demand growing for public transportation as more people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the Chicago Transit Authority on Sunday increased capacity on buses and trains. Capacity on standard buses has increased from 15 to 20 individuals, while capacity on larger buses and rail cars has gone up from 22 to 33 people, the agency said in a news release….

Three men are facing federal charges after they allegedly set fire to a Chicago Transit Authority van during violent unrest in the city last spring. According to charging documents from the Department of Justice, Denzal Stewart, 24, Lamar Taylor, 23 and Darion Lindsey, 19, are each charged with one count of arson in connection with the incident. Prosecutors allege that…