Dorval R. Carter, Jr.

Dorval Ronald Carter Jr. is an American businessman and executive who has served as the President Board of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) since 2015. He has previously worked in transportation-related organizations including the Federal Transit Administration and the United States Department of Transportation.

Education and career
Carter received a B.S. in Business Administration and Economics from Carroll University in 1979, and his J.D. from Howard University School of Law. After his education, he began working in local and Federal levels.

Carter became the President of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in May 2015. He was appointed by the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel and succeeds Forrest Claypool. The board members consequently elected him as Head of the Board. While serving as the president, he was also incharge of the 'Red and Purple Modernization project' (RPM), and the Red Line Extension (RLE).

Criticism
A nationwide decline in public transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic also afflicted the CTA and severely reduced revenues, ridership, and transit frequencies. Though other transportation systems across the US have seen recoveries to pre-pandemic service levels, Carter has faced criticism over a slow recovery for the CTA. Dorval has faced calls for his resignation from Chicago Aldermen and activists as far back as Nov 2022; however, after a article was released about the death of Antia Lyons, a CTA bus operator who experienced a heart attack while in her bus and was unconscious for an hour before an employee called 911, and the subsequent failure of the CTA to report her death to the IL Occupational Safety and Health Administration, there have been calls for a change in leadership from a greater number of elected officials including IL Governor J.B. Pritzker.