Transit agency presidents driving to work shows their own dislike of the freaking system they are supposed to manage and take pride in. It's obvious Carter does not.
That was the opening to the Bob Newhart show back in the 70's, sped up, with some Alan Fisher vibe music. He played a psychiatrist. And took transit to work every day LIKE A BOSS!
This hits hard, Carter needs to be fired for being such an inept leader for the CTA. Hopefully we in Chicago can get people who uses and understands transit instead of pastors who drive everywhere
Dorval Carter ruined what was once a great transit agency. Once known for being one of the most frequent transit systems in the US with trains running every 2 minutes during rush hour and every 5 minutes off peak, now has nearly as bad of frequency as LA. CTA is being beaten by MARTA in terms of frequency now, thanks to Dorval Carter’s incompetence
@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKittyThe CTA laid off a bunch of staff at the start of the pandemic and is now struggling to re-hire. There are many factors which slow down the ability of the CTA to onboard new workers, such as the small number of training classes for new train operators. Dorval Carter is not taking any steps to remedy this. Oh, and he doesn't even take the CTA to work. He drives.
@@shughes57 not to mention that he rarely, if ever, rides public transportation, preferring to be chauffeured to and from his job which he doesn’t do and city council meetings which he doesn’t even attend. Last year, he was supposed to attend a city council meeting to discuss the CTA budget, the problems CTA is facing and how to resolve them, etc. but he chose not to show up. Speaking of one of the problems CTA is facing is a train operator shortage, which he claims he fixed by saying that CTA hired 200 train operators, which was later revealed to be false. So he’s also dishonest
Maybe it's time to think about automated CTA trains. I think the only line that still has grade crossings is the Brown Line, so that may still need drivers, but everything else can run automated trains.
@shughes57 I stay off of Reddit Town for that reason. I should clarify, whenever family or friends use CTA they commonly have a bad experience but I've been seemingly blessed.