Dorval Ronald Carter Jr. is an American businessman and executive who served as the President of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) from 2015 until resigning in January 2025; he also served as acting president of the CTA from January to April 2009.

[3][4][5] He has previously worked in transportation-related organizations including the Federal Transit Administration and the United States Department of Transportation.

[13] Carter announced his retirement from the CTA on January 13, 2025,[14] shortly after finalizing a Full Funding Grant Agreement[15] for the RLE with the Department of Transportation.

A nationwide decline in public transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic also afflicted the CTA and severely reduced revenues, ridership, and transit frequencies.

[20] Dorval has faced calls for his resignation from Chicago Aldermen and activists as far back as November 2022;[21] however, after a article was released about the death of Antia Lyons,[22] a CTA bus operator who experienced a heart attack while in her bus and was unconscious for an hour before an employee called 911, and the subsequent failure of the CTA to report her death to the IL Occupational Safety and Health Administration, there have been calls for a change in leadership from a greater number of elected officials including IL Governor J.B.