FTA directs CTA to address safety concerns or risk losing funding, citing fire attack on Blue Line

Source ABC Local
Original Load Date Dec. 9, 2025, midnight
Last Updated Dec. 9, 2025, midnight
Original URL https://abc7chicago.com/post/fta-directs-cta-address-safety-concerns-risk-losing-funding-citing-woman-set-fire-blue-line-chicago-loop/18266102/

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The federal government is directing the city to address safety concerns on the CTA or risk losing federal funding, ABC7 learned on Monday. The Federal Transit Administration sent a letter to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, issuing a "Special Directive"...