Opinion: ‘Death spiral will continue for public transit’
City council’s ‘flat’ funding proposal for MATA will end transit in Memphis
The Better Transit for a Better Memphis Coalition wants the city to commit to fully fund public transit. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Leo Arnoult
Leo Arnoult is a member of the Better Transit for a Better Memphis Coalition and is a past co-chair of the Transit Equity Team for the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH).
Dennis Lynch
Dennis Lynch is a member of the Better Transit for a Better Memphis Coalition and is a past president of the Sierra Club Chickasaw Group.
“There is time for all Memphians of good will to ask their council representatives to properly fund MATA for daily riders, the businesses that employ them and the good of the entire city.”
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