There are 5 article(s) tagged John Lewis:

• April 2025

  • Memphis City Council: Why does MATA need to buy full-size buses?

    “I can’t remember seeing a full bus,” Council member Dr. Jeff Warren said. “If we are not filling those buses up, why are we buying the big buses?”

    By Bill Dries April 09, 2025

• March 2025

  • Interim CEO: MATA lied about missing bus routes for nearly a year

    In all, nearly one-third of MATA buses weren’t showing up where or when they were scheduled to.

    By Jody Callahan March 08, 2025

• February 2025

  • City Council delays emergency funding decision for MATA

    City Council members said Tuesday they still need a financial accounting of how MATA spent past city funding before a new board was installed in October.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2025

• January 2025

  • MATA has one month of expenses left, then it’s out of cash

    The Young administration could ask the City Council for additional money for MATA, and at least one council member does not like its current approach. 

    By Samuel Hardiman January 13, 2025

• October 2024

  • New MATA board approved as city tries to avoid bus cuts

    Mayor Paul Young told council members in a Tuesday, Oct. 15, committee discussion that the immediate task is to find short-term funding for MATA to avoid a set of bus route cuts and employee layoffs the old MATA board approved that take effect Nov. 3.

    By Bill Dries October 15, 2024