<p>For the second time in a row, the boss of the Chicago Transit Authority avoided questions from City Council members because too few of them showed up to a required meeting.</p><p>Wednesday was supposed to be the Transportation Committee's second special quarterly meeting this year, at which Council members can question CTA's interim President Nora Leerhsen. The Council has been <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/10/25/23423008/cta-chicago-transit-authority-council-transportation-committee-testimony-carter-testimony-vazquez" target="_blank" >mandating quarterly appearances by the CTA’s boss </a>since 2023, after then-CTA boss Dorval Carter repeatedly refused to show up voluntarily.</p><p>Instead, this week's meeting was canceled because only six members of the 14-person panel showed up — one less than the seven-person quorum needed tostart the meeting.</p><p>When the same thing happened at the March special meeting, when only five members showed, Transportation Committee Chair Gregory Mitchell (7th) promptly canceled the meeting before anyone else could speak.</p><p>This time, however, Mitchell allowed public comment and remarks from Leerhsen, who used the roughly half hour to list her accomplishments as interim head of the CTA since early 2025.</p><p>Ald. David Moore (17th), who attended the meeting virtually and did not count toward a quorum, told the Sun-Times he was disappointed so few members showed that they couldn't ask questions.