The controversy over social distancing has hit the Chicago Transit Authority after a rider shared a photo showing a packed train. Seth McKonly, who works at O’Hare International Airport and is considered to be an essential employee, took pictures on a CTA Blue Line train around 1:30 p.m. Monday on his way to work. He tweeted two photos, which...

NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio has details on new concerns arising when it comes to social distancing on a packed train.

Two more CTA employees have tested positive for coronavirus, the transit authority confirmed Tuesday. The employees, a bus driver and train conductor, work out of the 77th Bus Garage and 95th Street Terminal, respectively, the CTA said. The CTA said they have been in communication with the employees and those who may have had direct contact with them. The transit authority...

In his March 24 briefing, Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered a powerful speech on life after coronavirus.

Did you buy a Chicago Transit Authority pass and then not get to use most of it due to the COVID-19 outbreak? The CTA has created an offer for riders stuck in that situation. With many people working from home, commuter travel has been down during the pandemic. As a result, the CTA is offering one-time credit for active passes…

A CTA bus driver has tested positive for the coronavirus, transit officials announced Saturday. City health officials confirmed the driver, who operated a bus working out of the Forest Glen bus garage at 5914 W. Armstrong Ave., was diagnosed with COVID-19, according to a statement from the CTA. The agency has been in contact with that person and any employees…

The union representing workers of the Chicago Transit Authority said the city’s transit system should be shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A man and a teenage boy were stabbed Saturday on a CTA Red Line train in Uptown on the North Side. The 39-year-old man and 15-year-old boy got into an argument with a male wearing a ski mask about 2:30 a.m. on a train in the 4600 block of North Broadway, according to Chicago police. The person in the mask…

Lawyers for a 33-year-old man shot and seriously wounded by Chicago police in a downtown subway station filed a lawsuit alleging officers used excessive force

Lawyers for a 33-year-old man shot and seriously wounded by Chicago police in a downtown subway station filed a lawsuit alleging officers used excessive force. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

CTA, Metra, and South Shore Line commuters can find information here on deep cleaning and spot cleaning practices over coronavirus concerns.

A CTA bus crash Sunday injured fifteen people in Park Manor on the South Side. About 11:20 a.m. the bus was traveling north on Cottage Grove Avenue, when it was struck in West 6900 block as the driver tried to avoid a car traveling south that had veer into its lane, Chicago police said. Fourteen people from the bus were taken...

From Chicago to the suburbs, transportation officials have roadwork, station work and ongoing sanitation planned from Friday through Sunday.

Chicago Police Interim Superintendent Charlie Beck has relieved two officers of their police powers after they were involved in a shooting at the Chicago Transit Authority’s Grand Red Line Station. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Ten people were hurt when a school bus crashed Monday in Chatham on the South Side. The crash happened just after 4 p.m. near 79th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Department officials. A CTA bus hit a black vehicle which then struck the school bus, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. Ten people were…

Chicago’s mayor said video footage of police shooting and wounding a suspect inside a downtown Chicago train station is “extremely disturbing” and that she supports the interim police superintendent’s request for prosecutors to be sent directly to the scene — an unusual or perhaps unprecedented action in the nation’s third largest city. After watching what she called the “widely...

A man was shot by police Friday afternoon during an altercation at the Grand CTA Red Line station. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports on the latest information.

CTA Pink, Brown. Green and Orange Line trains will bypass the Lake Street and Wabash Avenue sections of the Loop as crews perform maintenance work Feb. 29 and March 1, 2020. | CTA Several elevated CTA train stations are closed in the Loop Saturday as crews perform track maintenance. Trains on the Brown, Green, Orange and Pink lines are bypassing…

A man who was shot by a Chicago police officer during a confrontation Friday afternoon at the CTA Grand Red Line station was initially stopped by officers for crossing between train cars, police said. The incident happened just after 4 p.m., sparking a heavy police presence at the CTA station located at State Street and Grand Avenue. Video shared with…

Multiple witnesses on Friday recounted seeing and hearing a shooting in which a Chicago police officer shot a man at the CTA Grand Red Line station in River North. The shooting happened at around 4 p.m., sparking a heavy police presence at the station at Grand Avenue and State Street. Video shared with NBC 5 afternoon shows two Chicago police…