By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday threatened to withhold transit funding for Chicago trains and buses, and demanded more police protection, citing an incident in which a 26-year-old woman ‍passenger was attacked and set on fire last month.

The Federal Transit Agency said in letters to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson that they must develop and implement a plan to reduce assaults on transit workers and passengers and address unsafe conditions or face potential loss of federal funding.

The department has sent similar letters over concerns ‌about transit issues in New York and Boston. Chicago, like ‌the other two cities is heavily Democratic. President Donald Trump has regularly threatened funding

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