The exec who has fiercely defended the Chicago Transit Authority's independence against calls to consolidate with Metra and Pace is retiring.

CTA chief of staff Nora Leerhsen will become the acting president of the transit agency, taking over after Dorval Carter’s retirement at the end of January. Leerhsen, a high-level CTA official, will ...

Carter's retirement is effective Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. He is leaving the CTA to become the head of St. Anthony Hospital in North Lawndale. Carter has been on the job nearly 10 years. But over the ...

Dorval Carter is out at the CTA. The transit agency president announced his retirement Monday in a CTA news release, after years in the hot seat as riders complained about unreliable service ...

Nora Leerhsen joined the CTA in 2014 as a project coordinator and took on the role as President Dorval Carter's chief of ...

Embattled CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. has announced his retirement from the agency, capping off a tenure full of huge projects and fierce criticism. Carter made the announcement Monday ...

"As acting president, I will build on our accomplishments as an agency and am confident that we are up to the task of carrying CTA successfully through this transition." Leerhsen takes over the role ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Dorval Carter Jr., has taken his fair share of knocks from all sides as CTA president for overseeing a system in which trains and buses are too often late and ...

Jaunary 23, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a highly anticipated decision with respect to the reporting requirements and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- CTA President Dorval Carter, Jr. announced Monday he will retire as head of the transit agency at the end of the month. "The City of Chicago is grateful to President Dorval Carter ...

Carter first became CTA president in 2015. Before this role, he was acting chief of staff to U.S. Department of ...