CTA crime and violence is up in 2022 compared to 2021, but officials say it's still about half of what it was before the COVID pandemic.
The meeting came on the heels of more than half a dozen violent incidents on or near CTA property in just the last week or so."I used to take the orange line and the blue out to the airports. I don't do that anymore. It's just, it doesn't seem to be a safe situation," said Lisa Antonio, CTA rider.
"Crime, most of it is rail-related. Most of it is after 6 p.m. Most of it is in the subway," said Kevin Ryan, vice president of security for CTA."We have put additional resources. We have narcotics teams working on public transportation. We have gang enforcement teams working on public transportation every single day working on missions," said Cmdr. Joe Bird, Chicago Police Public Transportation Section.
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