FTA Threatens to Withhold Funding From Chicago Transit Authority Over Security Plan

CHICAGO – The Federal Transit Administration says it will withhold as much as $50 million in funding from the Chicago Transit Authority if the agency does not submit a more aggressive security enhancement plan within 90 days. FTA Administrator Marc Molinaro said the security surge plan announced by the CTA and the Chicago Police Department last week would fail to measurably reduce incidents of assaults and improve overall safety on buses and trains.