Manny Ramos

CTA has been inundated with complaints from riders, and elected officials over unreliable service, inaccurate transit trackers and extended wait times for trains.

The Chicago Department of Public Health wouldn’t name the two who died but said both had weakened immune systems.

The CTA also released a $3.4 billion, five-year capital improvement plan which looks to invest in major projects such as the Red Line extension and modernize CTA’s bus fleet and railroad cars.

Commuters Take Action, una coalición de viajeros amargados por los autobuses y trenes fantasma, dice que las quejas por los autobuses que no aparecen siguen siendo las mismas desde que la CTA presentó su plan nuevo.

Commuters Take Action, a coalition of riders bitter about poor CTA service, say complaints of no-show buses and trains have remained the same since CTA unveiled its “Meeting the Moment” plan two months ago.

An Elk Grove Village firm that makes fare boxes says CTA selection process gives other firms an unfair advantage.

The updated plan adopted on Wednesday called “On To 2050 Plan” builds on the plan first released in 2018 — the agency is required by federal law to develop a list of major transportation projects every four years for northeastern Illinois.

It should be a neighborhood with more clout considering its size and its being home to the largest Hispanic population in Chicago. But adding to the confusion for residents, Belmont Cragin is divided among multiple wards and state representative districts, meaning residents living near one another can have different representatives in the City Council or state Legislature.

Gwen Casten had just spent the evening with friends before going home. Then she “went to bed and didn’t wake up,” the Casten family said.