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Latest Update: April 7, 2024
- Belmont Blue Line station profile updated and expanded, with more detail and information about the station's history and development, about the proposed renovation/accessibility design, and recent funding information for renovation as part of the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP), plus 24 new photos.
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- Six months after Yellow Line crash injured more than a dozen, investigation continues: 'This never should have happened' [May 16: Chicago Tribune]
- Silver lining playbook: Could a new transit gig be a graceful way out for apparently doomed CTA chief Dorval Carter Jr.? [May 15: Streetsblog Chicago]
- Fare question: Why has Mayor Brandon Johnson resisted demands to fire CTA President Dorval Carter Jr.? [May 14: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Aldermen frustrated with performance, leadership call for CTA president Dorval Carter to resign [May 14: ABC Chicago]
- Mayor Brandon Johnson Rode The Trains While Campaigning. But Can He Fix The CTA? [May 14: Block Club Chicago]
- CTA riders, victims recall robberies, attacks: 'I'm very paranoid' [May 14: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Search on for assailant who attacked man on CTA train on Chicago's Near West Side [May 14: CBS Chicago]
- Fire CTA President Dorval Carter, a new City Council resolution says [May 13: Chicago Tribune]
- Get the L out? Pressure mounts for CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. to quit or be fired: 'It's time for a change' [May 13: Chicago Sun-Times]
- CTA chief's biggest City Council critics push ordinance calling on him to resign [May 13: Crain's Chicago Business]
- CTA Boss Dorval Carter Should Resign Or Be Fired, Fed-Up Alderpeople Push In New Resolution [May 13: Block Club Chicago]
- Alders push to oust CTA chief Carter [May 13: Axios Chicago]
- 20 city council members call on Mayor Brandon Johnson to replace CTA President Dorval Carter [May 13: ABC Chicago]
- Chicago City Council members call for ouster of CTA President Dorval Carter [May 13: CBS Chicago]
- Woman, 2 men charged with robbing, battering teenage boy on CTA platform on Chicago's West Side [May 13: CBS Chicago]
- Chicago police release photos of 6 female suspects in CTA Red Line robberies [May 12: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Chicago Police seek to identify 6 girls suspected in CTA robberies [May 11: CBS Chicago]
- Chicago police searching for 6 female suspects wanted in robberies on CTA Red Line [May 11: ABC Chicago]
- How has Chicago transit ridership recovered from the pandemic? [May 10: WBEZ Chicago]
- How a CTA, Metra, Pace merger would work [May 10: Axios Chicago]
- Teen faces aggravated criminal sexual assault charge after woman attacked on CTA Blue Line near Addison St. [May 10: Nadig Newspapers]
- 'Out Of Control' Pigeon Poop Problem At Belmont Red Line Station Finally Cleaned Up, Ald. Says [May 9: Block Club Chicago]
- Chicago Mayor Johnson RTA board nominee coming under fire for lack of transit knowledge [May 9: ABC Chicago]
- Livin' on a prayer: Pastor Ira Acree seems destined for the RTA board, although he knows little about transit, barely uses it [May 9: Streetsblog Chicago]
- Key City Panel Advances Johnson's Pick to Serve on RTA Board After Tense Hearing [May 8: WTTW Chicago]
- Mayor Johnson's pick for transit board advances despite not knowing of looming $730 million shortfall [May 8: CBS Chicago]
- Pastor's Appointment To Transit Board Advances Despite Him Saying He Rarely Rides CTA [May 8: Block Club Chicago]
- CTA Touts Report Showing Transit's Key Role in Chicago Region -- But Agency President Quiet on Proposal to Merge CTA, Metra and Pace [May 8: WTTW Chicago]
- CTA Crime Continues Downward Trend in April [May 6: CTA press release]
- CTA proposes new billboard, residents adamantly oppose it [May 6: Forest Park Review]
- A good deal for the suburbs? Transit merger proposal raises questions about finances, fairness [May 6: Daily Herald]
- CTA to Hold Public Meeting on May 7 for Contractors Interested in Building Out New Red Line Extension (RLE) Project Office in Pullman on Far South Side [May 2: CTA press release]
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