• Feds claim ICE agent shot driver, 30, because agents were “rammed by [drivers] and boxed in by 10 cars” near Pershing/Kedzie (Block Club) • Funding uncertainty looms for the Red Line Extension and the Red & Purple Modernization Project: Crain’s Daily Gist podcast • The Tribune takes a deep dive into Trump’s attempt at RLE, RPM train robbery…| chi.streetsblog.org
Sponsored by: • "RTA lowered the projected 2026 fiscal cliff facing mass transit by over $500M today, but the deficit is set to rise again in 2027 to nearly $800M." (Crain's) The post Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 3 appeared first on Streetsblog Chicago.| Streetsblog Chicago
• CTA Board Member Roberto Requejo: We can find $1B to save and improve Chicagoland transit by using one weird trick! • Rep. Buckner: “Some people are saying [passing transit bill] can wait, but for the sake of our transit systems we have to get this done now.” (Evanston Now) • “Known” driver struck and critically injured…| chi.streetsblog.org
• Driver who killed Anakin Perez, 9, Thursday around 7:40 AM in front of McNair Elementary in Austin, ticketed. Parents want more crossing guards. (Block Club) • USDOT chief “threatens to pull CTA funding over safety concerns” (CBS) • “CTA union leader calls for dedicated transit police after string of attacks on workers” (CBS) • Man, 42, charged…| chi.streetsblog.org
