CTA Crime Up?

We thought crime was down?

• Aggravated assaults and batteries on the Chicago Transit Authority reached at least a 24-year high in 2025 as the Trump administration threatened to cut millions of dollars in funding after a series of jarring attacks.

  The upward trend has continued into 2026, with those crimes climbing 33% over the same period last year, according to city data going back to 2001.

  It’s bad news for the CTA and its interim leader Nora Leerhsen, who points to positive trends on the transit system as she works to secure $50 million in grant funding from the federal government.

  Unsatisfied with the CTA’s decision in December to boost the number of officers patrolling Chicago’s trains and buses, the Federal Transit Administration has threatened to withhold the money if the CTA doesn’t enact an acceptable safety plan by mid-March.

Here's an idea - won't cost a single dime:

• take down the "No Guns" signs on the CTA

The problem will sort itself out inside of a month, two tops. 

Oh, and clear out the homeless residents, stations, trains and tunnels.