CTA President Dorval Carter addressed the City Council's Committee on Transportation on May 30, 2024, at 10am to answer questions regarding the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) performance during the Q2 meeting. Carter promised that CTA service would return to normal by the end of 2024. The meeting also highlighted concerns about the current state of the service despite unprecedented federal transit funding. Carter faced questions about his commitment to riding the CTA service daily for 30 days and responding to Governor Pritzker's suggestion for a leadership change. Additionally, there were inquiries about his stance on a 2022 call for improved transit system safety by Congressman Garcia and Senator Durbin.
Long thread from @MikeMcDTweets recapping today's CTA Prez at City Council committee hearing if anybody wants to see what they missed. h/t @capitolfax https://t.co/VD7ToYLU2F
Somebody down at City Hall ask the @cta President if he agrees or disagreed with this 2022 call from Congressman Garcia and Senator Durbin that CTA rider and employees both needed more transit system safety. https://t.co/4f5ImzA0p1
Somebody at City Council ask the CTA President to respond to Governor Pritzker tactfully suggesting it’s time for a CTA leadership change a month ago. Let’s see how big a hole he can dig himself responding to that. https://t.co/f3Bjwk8Z7L
Somebody at City Council ask the CTA President if he’ll commit to riding his service every day for 30 days and having the @CTA social media team share his voyage of discovery. And if he won’t commit to riding his own service 30 days in a row, why not?
CTA President making a bunch of promises service will be back to “normal” by end of 2024. But that doesn’t address how (while flush with unprecedented Federal transit funding) service got so fucking bad on his watch. Anyway he’s testifying. Tune in on @chicityclerk web site.
Does the @MARTAservice CEO understand that frequent service drives ridership more than the beauty of stations? https://t.co/PDB8q3MfBR https://t.co/DpBtYCbyO6
Filling in for @CraigDellimore today, the @ChiCouncil Committee on Transportation is expecting #CTA Chief Dorval Carter. https://t.co/JlvS69CTOA
Thursday, May 30th at 10am is the Q2 CTA-Committee on Transportation meeting where CTA President Dorval Carter will be answering questions from committee members. I'll be live tweeting updates from the City Council chamber during the meeting in this thread https://t.co/UmSL9Aclje
Honestly, @SecretaryPete should personally address some of the incompetence at MARTA and CTA. This is outrageous. https://t.co/CJFVBP8y6L