The USDOT says its planning to conduct a safety investigation to test how IDOT performs safety and oversight functions. U.S.

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the Illinois Department of Transportation over safety issues in ...

The Federal Transit Administration is backing off previous threats to withhold up to $50 million in federal funds from the ...

The Federal Transit Administration has issued a Special Directive requiring the Illinois Department of Transportation to take 11 actions to improve its oversight of the Chicago Transit Authority. The ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is launching a Safety ...

The Chicago Transit Authority has two weeks to submit a new safety plan to the Federal Transit Administration, or risk losing $50 million in funding. That accounts for about 25% of the CTA's ...

The FTA is investigating Illinois DOT over CTA safety oversight, citing gaps in inspections and enforcement. State leaders push back on the probe.

Chicago Transit Authority officials presented a revised safety plan Tuesday to the Federal Transit Administration, which had ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Tio Hardiman of Violence Interrupters walks through a 95th-bound CTA “L” train while talking with passengers on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. Talia Sprague/For the ...

The Chicago Transit Authority is vowing to increase police patrols on trains and buses by 75%, under a new enhanced safety plan submitted to the Trump administration as the mass transit agency seeks ...

The plan is CTA's formal response to an FTA Special Directive issued in December and details how the agency will ...