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Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris faced a “tough crowd” at a recent meeting of Citizens For Better Service when he defended his plan to charge a $145 transit fee for households with three or more vehicles.
Implicit in Mayor Lee Harris' $145 transit fee proposal is the notion that the county’s revenue is fully optimized, and that additional collections would be best directed toward bus subsidies, ahead of all other investments. I don’t agree with either of these assumptions.
County Mayor Lee Harris says presenting his MATA funding plan to county commissioners first was the right thing to do. County Clerk Wanda Halbert says she can't confirm if Harris' data for his plan is accurate.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris unveiled a plan Wednesday to put $10 million in county funds into MATA through a new $145 sustainability fee for households with three or more vehicles.
The Memphis Medical District Collaborative and MATA have partnered on a pilot commuter shuttle between Mud Island and the Medical District.
MATA needs a silver buckshot strategy that incorporates a lot of different innovative approaches – including buses on heavily traveled routes and on-demand transportation in low-density areas.
If MATA is committed to providing first-class transportation for the residents of Westwood and Boxtown, it should consider a plan recently proposed by retired bus driver Lonnie Britton to run buses through both neighborhoods every 30 minutes so riders can get to the Downtown bus terminals in 30 minutes.
Gary Rosenfeld, CEO of the Memphis Area Transit Authority talks about public transportation in Memphis with Bill Dries, reporter for The Daily Memphian, and host Eric Barnes.
If you were asked for a thoughtful vision statement that could become the guiding light for our entire city, what would it be?
Shelby County Schools leaders hope the bus passes will encourage students to participate in after-school activities, get jobs, post higher test scores and miss school less often.
The irony is this: The very process of trying to prove your value is devaluing. Yearning for more responsibility, more respect for your skills and talents, or even additional compensation can lead to burnout.
Our abundant existing rail infrastructure could provide key routes in a future light-rail service. A light-rail line connecting the airport to Downtown would make Memphis more attractive as a tourist destination and bring more business conventions and sporting events.
Mayor Jim Strickland talks about improving MATA as former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young discusses how a mass transit system was built there beginning in the 1970's.
After nearly a full workday of discussions and calculations, the Shelby County Commission on Monday approved a $1.3 billion budget ahead of the start of the 2020 fiscal year on July 1.
The Shelby County Commission's budget and finance committee approved Wednesday a $1.3 billion budget and retained the county's $4.05 tax rate.
Every college student in Memphis should have bus access provided by their college or university – just like they get parking. Our hospital systems should encourage employees to take mass transit. Our corporations located on decent bus routes should adopt equitable policies toward bus ridership versus car ridership.
The Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission met together for the first time in 2019, the first of two planned meetings to discuss issues affecting both the city and county.