The governor’s comments come as embattled agency President Dorval Carter looks to Springfield for solutions to a looming budget crisis.
CTA President Dorval Carter speaks Feb. 27, 2024, at a quarterly City Council hearing on CTA services. Carter was grilled over service, safety and crime. SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for an “evolution of the leadership” at the CTA, as embattled agency President Dorval Carter has looked to Springfield for solutions to a looming budget crisis.
“I think that there needs to be an evolution of the leadership in order for us to get where we need to go with CTA,” he said during an unrelated news conference. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning drafted the set of recommendations, sent to lawmakers in December, to address public transit funding, governance and the experience of riding buses and trains, proposing $1 billion or more in new public funding annually, options to revamp oversight of the region’s transit agencies and other suggestions. Many of the suggestions are likely to be politically contentious, which makes the CTA’s relationship with lawmakers crucial during negotiations.
“We continue to evaluate all of our leaders, and Dorval Carter is no exception,” he said. “In the event they don’t live up to our expectation, we will make another decision.”“It’s my job to determine that leadership,” he said. While much attention has been placed on Carter in Chicago, Pritzker’s comments reflect the latest sentiments out of Springfield about how state officials believe the CTA needs improvement under his leadership.near Chicago’s border with Evanston that left at least 16 people injured, seven of them CTA employees.
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