Dorval Carter – Chicago Transit Authority

“At the end of the day, public transportation can still carry more people from point A to point B, in the peak periods of travel, than any other option that is out there.”

Dorval Carter started his career in the legal field and got his first job out of school with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). He bounced between the FTA, CTA, and the DTO before being asked by Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, to come back to the agency and become the President of CTA. In this episode, Carter goes into the challenges of operating the 2nd largest agency in the U.S., which also happens to be one of the oldest – their rail system is over 125 years old. He discusses the red and purple modernization, working on a multimodal app, alternative fuels, and, as always, the future of transit.

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