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The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, which represents CTA bus drivers, says he has since resigned. Under the transit agency’s rules, that means he could apply for another CTA job in the future.
On Thursday, Block Club Chicago published a sad and troubling story about the death last summer of 63-year-old CTA bus driver Antia Lyons. According to the news outlet, Lyons passed out from heart ...
Since the early 1980s, the CTA has hosted a competition to find the city’s best bus driver. Over the years, it’s expanded to include competitions in mechanical and janitorial categories.
The video shows a CTA bus driver fighting someone as passengers looked on. "The request of two dollars and 50 cents to ride the bus triggered an altercation," Hill said.
The CTA spent about $83 million on private security contracts last year, an amount bus drivers described as severely inadequate to deal with the mounting threat they, along with riders, face on ...
CHICAGO — A shooting on a CTA bus killed a passenger and wounded the driver overnight in Bronzeville on the city’s South Side. According to Chicago police, the shooting occurred in the 3400 b… ...
A CTA bus driver was attacked by a passenger Tuesday in Chatham, Chicago police said. The incident occurred at about 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 400-block of East 71st Street. ABC7 Chicago is now ...
Police and CTA officials said the 44-year-old bus driver got into an argument with a passenger around 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of East 71st Street, after the passenger boarded without paying.
The CTA has added some 400 bus operators to its staff over the past year and recently added service on some routes.Still, in April the agency was about 120 bus drivers short of 2019 staffing ...
The CTA board on Wednesday approved a nearly $316,000 contract to Hayden AI for the Automated Bus Lane Enforcement systems that will be installed on buses later this year.
The CTA bus driver was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition. There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the crash. The man driving the Jeep and a female passenger were taken to ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A CTA bus driver was attacked by a passenger Tuesday in Chatham, Chicago police said. The incident occurred at about 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 400-block of East 71st Street. ABC7 ...