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12/23/2025
The Federal Transit Administration on Dec. 19 informed the Chicago Transit Authority that the security plan the agency submitted on Dec. 15 in accordance with a Dec. 8 FTA order did not sufficiently address transit worker assaults and public safety concerns.
As a result, the CTA must submit a revised plan by March 19, 2026, or it risks losing 25% of its federal funding, FTA Administrator Marcus Molinaro said in a letter to the agency. The CTA intends to follow through, agency officials said in an emailed statement.
The CTA's submitted plan did not set "significant" targets for reducing crime and assaults over the next six months, and it did not set reduction targets at all for January, February and March 2026, Molinaro said.
The FTA on Dec. 8 also ordered the CTA to increase law enforcement presence on its bus and rail networks, which it has done. On Dec. 19, CTA increased the average number of law officers patrolling the transportation system daily from 77 to 120 as part of a security improvement project that was developed prior to the FTA's involvement, a CTA spokesperson told Progressive Railroading.