The Chicago Transit Authority is delaying the purchase of 140 new hybrid buses because funding has not been secured to complete the $122.7 million dea...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago
The CTA today trotted out the first of 58 new articulated hybrid buses purchased with federal economic stimulus funds....
CBS 2 | Dave Savini | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago
Imagine waiting at a bus stop and having bus after bus pass you by. Some riders say drivers ignore them on purpose and even refuse to let them on the ...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago
About 10 offenses occur each month in which bus drivers are the victims, according to CTA union officials. As a result, the CTA has been conducting a...
AP | Posted 05.24.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Transit Authority has permanently parked 225 accordion-style buses after finding cracks and structural defects it says cal...
Crain's Chicago Business | Meghan Streit | Posted 05.11.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago Transit Authority is using $49 million in stimulus funds to buy 58 "accordion-style" hybrid buses. ...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago
The CTA has taken almost 200 articulated buses out of service as a safety precaution due to serious cracks found in the chassis of one vehicle, transi...
Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago
The CTA has cut 29 percent of its mechanics in the last 13 years, and the union claims those cuts means unsafe buses are on the roads. "There's not e...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago
In preparation for Thursday's 75th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Chicago Transit Authority will make temporary changes to some of its bus routes...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago