CTA boss says more police officers patrolling trains, platforms in new program

Officers started making appearances on platforms in groups of six to eight this week in the CTA's new Transit Rider ...

CTA to focus on safety, cleanliness and bus service improvements in 2026, acting president says

The CTA will focus on safety, cleanliness and improvements to bus service in 2026, its acting president, Nora Leerhsen, said ...

CTA president says security remains "front and center" amid safety concerns

Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to ...

Paul Vallas: Law enforcement needs to be more visible on the CTA

Today, the CTA assigns approximately 135 Chicago police officers to system security. Supplementing that with off-duty ...
WBEZ

CTA hopes this kind of rush hour — subway surfing — doesn't take root here as it has in New York

A Chicago man who says he has “subway surfed” numerous times since he was a teenager — surreptitiously climbing atop moving L trains and becoming an open-air commuter, which he often chronicled on ...
ABC 7 Chicago

South Loop safety meeting zeros in on CTA crime, which is up compared to last year

CHICAGO (WLS) -- South Loop residents and CTA riders came face to face with Chicago police to air their fears about crime on public transit Wednesday night. The meeting came on the heels of more than ...

Man accused of recording himself as he stabbed sleeping CTA passenger to death on Blue Line

A man has been charged with stabbing a CTA passenger to death while the victim was sleeping on a Blue Line train over the weekend in the Loop.