Guest Column: MATA CEO says new services help make transit equitable
A MATA worker helps a passenger board a bus in 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Gary Rosenfeld
Gary Rosenfeld is the former CEO of the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
An equitable transit system reliably connects riders to their respective destinations. While Memphis is listed as the number one car-dependent city in the nation, our recent shifts in transit prove that transportation is not a luxury, but a necessity.
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