CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Violent crimes on Chicago’s public transit system have increased in recent weeks, leaving local officials searching for solutions amid threats by the federal government to withhold up to $50 million in funding.
Crime on Chicago Transit Authority buses and trains has decreased by 5% in 2025, statistics show. Between 2022 and 2025, there was a 10% drop in offenses considered violent by the FBI.
Recent attacks, however, have garnered the federal government, and the public’s attention. Two days before Christmas, two people were shot, one of them killed, on a CTA Pink Line train.
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Earlier this month, a 62-year-old man was beaten into a coma on his way to get cigarettes on a CTA bus. Three teens have been charged, police said…