Chicago’s Mayor-elect Emanuel names city transportation team

Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's Mayor-elect, selected the city's transportation team on April 19, 2011. Forrest Claypool was named Chicago Transit Authority president. Claypool served two terms as Cook County commissioner and is also a former Superintendent of the Chicago Park District. Claypool has served as Illinois' deputy state treasurer, deputy commissioner of the Cook County Board of (Property Tax) Appeals and as chief of staff to Mayor Richard M. Daley. Terry Peterson will continue to serve as Chicago Transit Board chair, a position he has held since 2009. During his tenure, he has been an advocate for CTA customers. He fought for federal and state funds to make the CTA more reliable and convenient for Chicagoans across the city. Prior to his time on the Board, he served six years as the chief executive officer of the Chicago Housing Authority. Gabe Klein was named Chicago Department of Transportation commissioner. Klein served as director of the District Department of Transportation under Mayor Adrian Fenty in Washington, D.C. Klein's tenure at the DDOT coupled bold policy initiatives with improvements in existing infrastructure, including the expansion of Circulator bus lines, initiating the largest number of complex infrastructure projects in DDOT history and launching the nation's largest bikesharing program.