Bernard Joseph Ford, former CTA executive director, dies at 89

Bernard Joseph Ford, former CTA executive director, dies at 89

Bernard Ford was a longtime transit executive who led the Chicago Transit Authority as its executive director from 1982 until 1985, and again from 1989 until 1990. Ford started out in the CTA’s personnel department, and later oversaw operations and then was the executive director of the Regional Transportation Authority before returning to the CTA as its operating chief. “Bernie was the ultimate adviser,” said Stephen Schlickman, the former CTA …