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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. [1] He has previously worked in transportation-related organizations including the Federal Transit Administration and the United States Department of Transportation.
The Chicago Transit Authority provides service in Chicago and 10 surrounding suburbs. The CTA provided a total of 532 million rides in 2011, [6] a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years. [7] The CTA operates 24 hours each day and on an average weekday provides 1.7 million rides on buses and trains.
RTA was created after a referendum in 1974. In 1973, CTA had instituted its first major service cuts, [6] and several suburban bus companies, including Evanston Bus Company and Glenview Bus Company had ceased operations, forcing Evanston to make arrangements with CTA and Wilmette to start a municipal service.
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") [4] is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, [1] [note 1] and the third-busiest rapid ...
In November 2011, the Chicago Transit Board approved a $454 million, 12-year contract for an Open Standards Fare System, making it the largest automated fare collection contract ever placed in North America. [8] The contract was structured such that CTA was able to implement the system with no upfront costs. [9]
The CTA received ten prototype cars in 2009, which underwent testing, [21] and began operating in 2011. [22] The order is for 406 cars, with options for another 308 cars. The Chicago Transit Authority planned to put the first ten cars into in-service testing in mid-April 2010. [23] The first in-service test run was made on April 19. [24] [25]
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates three separate stations on its rapid transit service that are referred to as "Chicago", as they are located on or near Chicago Avenue. Chicago (CTA) may refer to: Chicago/State; Chicago/Milwaukee; Chicago/Franklin
Pace is the suburban bus and regional paratransit division of the Regional Transportation Authority serving the Chicago metropolitan area.It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to the CTA, Metra, and Pace.