The U.S. Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold federal transportation funding from the Boston and Chicago transit systems if the agencies don’t take additional actions to improve the safety of passengers and transit workers, reports David Shepardson for Reuters.
“The U.S. Transportation Department pointed to recent incidents involving the Chicago Transit Authority and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority involving injured passengers and sent letters to both cities demanding responses within two weeks.” USDOT similarly threatened to cut up to 25 percent of New York City’s transit funding…