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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
CST Editorial Board

CTA President Carter is a no-show, again

Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. discusses a new program, aimed to help Chicago residents facing higher transportation costs, during a news conference at City Hall in March 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

City Council members were “ghosted” (again) on Wednesday by Chicago Transit Authority Board President Dorval Carter Jr. — a move many frustrated Chicagoans are all too familiar with when dealing with unreliable trains and buses.

As in a similar occurrence early this year, aldermen were left feeling disrespected and disappointed — and we don’t blame them — by Carter’s absence at a committee hearing meant to address riders’ dissatisfaction with unreliable service and fears about public safety.

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