The CTA, along with 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, is now taking applications from artists interested in updating the 18th Street Pink Line murals in Pilsen. The move comes two months after the CTA came under fire for whitewashing portions of murals inside the station. Their goal now is “to create an art installation for the station while involving community…

The deadline to apply is Feb. 26

A man was found dead on a Blue Line train Thursday at the Rosemont station, police said. The 24-year-old was found unresponsive on a train car about 1:30 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Chicago and Rosemont police. Train service was temporarily suspended between O’Hare and Jefferson Park about 2 p.m. as officials investigated, but normal...

An NBC 5 Investigation shows a dramatic increase in both violent crimes and petty thefts –while arrests are on the decline. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey Investigates.

NBC 5 found that violent crime in Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stations, platforms and trains has doubled over the past six years, while thefts have increased by nearly two-thirds over that same period.  At the same time, the rate of arrests in these crimes has dropped. In 2019, police made an arrest in only a quarter of the violent…

A new study will examine the environmental impact on a proposed Red Line extension project.

A man died Sunday after losing his balance and being hit by a Red Line train Saturday afternoon. The man, 28, was intoxicated when he hopped a gate about 4:45 p.m. at the Addison station, 940 W. Addison St., Chicago police said. Though preliminary information suggested he purposely jumped onto the tracks, a subsequent investigation found he lost his balance…

Shuttle buses will replace train service on part of the CTA’s Green and Pink lines this weekend while crews perform bridge maintenance in the West Loop. Trains on both lines will not operate between the Clinton and Clark/Lake stations from 2 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday, according to a service alert from the CTA. Shuttle buses will connect...

The Chicago Police Dept. said Friday it plans to allocate additional resources to combat crime on public transportation. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Starting Friday night, the Chicago Department of Transportation will close Lake Street over the Chicago River to do maintenance work on the bridge structure. CDOT says not only will this impact drivers, but CTA “L” trains (Green and Pink lines) will be delayed at that point as well. For drivers, the detour through 3 p.m. Sunday is to take Clinton…

A 38-year-old woman from Blue Island has been charged with stabbing a street musician Tuesday on a CTA Red Line platform in the Loop. Barbara Johnson faces two counts of aggravated battery and a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property, Chicago police said. Police said a woman approached a street musician about 1:35 p.m. at the Jackson station in…

A convicted felon has been arrested and charged in a shooting that took place on a Chicago Transit Agency Blue Line train near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, police said Thursday.

A woman was hospitalized and arrested after police say she attacked a street performer with a knife at a CTA Red Line station.

A man was shot in the back on a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday morning near the UIC-Halsted station on the Near West Side, Chicago Police said.

Chicago police are searching for two female suspects who allegedly spat on a man before pepper spraying him on a CTA bus in the South Loop last month. According to authorities, after the assault the pair stole the man’s backpack. The robbery happened around 3:30 p.m Jan. 18 on a CTA State Street bus at Roosevelt Rd., according to Chicago…

A man suffering from a medical condition fell to the street Tuesday morning near a CTA station in the Loop, police say. Officers were called about 8:45 a.m. for man who fell near Washington Street and Wabash Avenue, Chicago police said. Police initially said they were called for someone who fell from an elevated platform to the street, but Chicago…

Chicago will test updated bus routes on the city’s West Side under a pilot program recently approved by the Chicago Transit Board.

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies this month near the 79th Street Red Line station in Chatham on the South Side.

Imagine boarding the “L,” just like any other train on any other day, only to find yourself in a car full of people without any pants on.  This is the fate that could befall CTA riders using the Red Line as part of the “No Pants Subway Ride” on Sunday. The concept is simple. Participants board a train at...

At least four people were robbed on CTA trains in December and January in Lincoln Park and on the Near North Side.