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Topic: MATA
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December 2025
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November 2025
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MATA’s 90-day zero fare pilot program is set to begin
The pilot makes it so no passes, fare cards or payments are required on all fixed-route buses, trolleys and MATAplus services.
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Opinion: Memphis once again finds itself at a crossroads. Let’s make sure a MATA bus is there to give us a lift.
“Would 79% of Shelby County households who believe in MATA support an investment of $2 and change a month to fund public transit? Especially if it means they would be able to ride the bus, microtransit and trolley all fare-free?
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September 2025
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Opinion: MATA is fixable — and other lessons I learned on the MATA board
“If we want our city to thrive, we need a strong transit system. It effects all of us who want our packages delivered, our children to learn, our construction projects completed, our coffee to be made, and so much more.”
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August 2025
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MATA officials overstepped authority with CEO search, City Council attorney says
A few days ago, Memphis Area Transit Authority officials announced they would introduce two CEO finalists at a public meeting. That meeting was abruptly canceled with little explanation.
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MATA proposes hope for Downtown trolleys but says it needs more money to run them
MATA does not have enough money to operate the trolleys even as it works to ready vehicles for a potential return.
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July 2025
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Trips, Grizz sponsorships and a $1.2M office design: MATA audit reveals bus system spending
The report details further expenditures from the embattled bus system that raised questions with auditors about how taxpayer money for bus-riders was being spent.
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Opinion: ‘Death spiral will continue for public transit’
“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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May 2025
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Memphis mayor, council clash over ‘poor budgeting’
New budget proposal relies on rosy projections, cutting MATA funding in half and extending ongoing hiring freeze.
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Former MATA CEO: Travel was necessary for fleet upgrades
As MATA tried to meet a state mandate for an electric fleet, Gary Rosenfeld said it was more expedient and less costly to visit overseas manufacturers rather than ship equipment back and forth for testing.
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April 2025
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Memphis City Council to dig more into fake MATA routes
At its Tuesday, March 18, session, the City Council also takes first votes on the Cleveland Street redevelopment plan and a $300 a year blight fee on owners of abandoned and vacant properties.
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March 2025
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MATA fires embattled former interim CEO
MATA’s Bacarra Mauldin has been fired, three weeks after she was placed on administrative leave following the discovery of questionable charges on her company credit card.
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Conaway: If we don’t do Memphis over, others will, and soon
“We have to get our act together. The city and county mayors need to sit down together for a cup of coffee. Strong coffee. A pot of it.”
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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.
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MATA employee placed on leave after questionable credit card charges
Purchases included about $5,000 in PayPal and Venmo money transfer transactions, $10,000 in Amazon purchases, $7,000 at Best Buy, more than $1,000 at Montblanc, a maker of fine pens, and money on massages.
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January 2025
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Facing cash crunch, MATA wants Mayor Young to follow through on promise of more money
MATA’s interim chief financial officer urged Memphis Mayor Paul Young to find more funding for the bus system before it runs out of cash next month.
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MATA board votes to install consultants at top of bus system
The board voted seven to one to approve the contract with Transpro.
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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.
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December 2024
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MATA board votes to consider leadership changes that could cost $1.3 million
The Memphis Area Transit Authority Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday, Dec. 17, to install three consultants at the top of the troubled bus system — at some future point.
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MATA board weighs installing consultant as temporary CEO
The new Memphis Area Transit Authority board heard a proposal to replace interim CEO Bacarra Mauldin temporarily with John Lewis of Transpro, the consultant who wrote a scathing report about the bus system just weeks ago.
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November 2024
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Main Street Trolley unlikely to restart till next summer
MATA’s interim CEO Bacarra Mauldin addressed the myriad problems facing the transit system, even while noting progress on some fronts.
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October 2024
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New MATA board stops planned cuts; Mayor Young pledges money
The newly confirmed board voted unanimously to suspend the cuts the previous board had approved on Sept. 24.
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With MATA’s future uncertain, city steps in. But how much will it need to do?
The Young administration recently decided to pay $30 million to save the Downtown Memphis Sheraton from the auction block. The MATA overhaul could be just as expensive and resonate over just as long of a time period.
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Behind The Headlines: The future of Memphis’ gun-control question
How Memphians will vote on the referendum, and whether it will ultimately impact Tennessee’s gun laws, was a hot topic for local reporters this week.
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Mayor Young replaces MATA board amid overhaul of transit authority
Transpro’s draft report said ridership has declined 82% since 1991, the system needs 18 more buses to function properly and its current capital project plans are “financially unsustainable.”
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