Chicago Transit Authority

The deal will allow the Cook County Land Bank to secure dozens of Far South Side properties until the CTA is ready to take them over to expand the Red Line.

Passengers at the closed bus stops have to navigate around construction cones, debris and concrete barriers just steps from traffic as drivers pick them up.

City officials have promised a Green Line station to fill the gap between California and Ashland stops for years. The new station will right a historic wrong, Ald. Burnett said.

Builders have laid the first pieces of steel framework that will soon allow northbound Brown Line trains to bypass the Red and Purple line tracks north of Lakeview's Belmont CTA station.

One lane of travel in each direction will temporarily be converted to 24-hour bus lanes to reduce delays and crowding during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Chicago Avenue, Division Street and Grand Avenue stations will remain open during the stairwell closures.

The CTA bus driver was trying to avoid an accident with a tow truck driver that had "lost control" when it crashed into the building, authorities said.

Advocates are urging residents to use the bus so the one-year pilot program becomes permanent.

Trains are not running Downtown — and bus service has also been halted in the surrounding neighborhoods.

The city's Department of Water Management will close Damen Avenue between Pierce and North avenues Wednesday-Friday.

One bus driver has contracted COVID-19 and another is in isolation after their spouse tested positive for the virus.

The removal was an effort to stop people from congregating at the stop all day, the alderman and police said.

A long-awaited plan to "detangle" the crowded Red, Brown and Purple line tracks in Lakeview is finally getting underway.

With bus ridership at a historic low, nine of the 15 mayoral candidates will reveal their plans to improve the city's transit.