There are 10 article(s) tagged Westwood:

• July 2021

  • MATA launches new transit service

    Riders can reserve a pick-up or drop-off ride within the designated service area by phone.

    By Omer Yusuf July 31, 2021

• April 2021

  • MATA to offer ‘curb-to-curb’ service in 3 areas

    Memphis Area Transit Authority will offer pick-up and drop-off service to addresses in Boxtown, Whitehaven and Westwood.

    By Omer Yusuf April 24, 2021

  • National Poor People’s Campaign leader says no to Byhalia Pipeline

    ‘Not here, not now, not ever on our watch,' said Rev. Dr. William Barber II during a rally Sunday protesting the Byhalia Connection Pipeline that would go through majority Black, poor neighborhoods in southwest Memphis. 

    By Daja E. Henry April 18, 2021

• March 2021

  • Al Gore joins Byhalia Connection Pipeline fight in southwest Memphis

    Former Vice President Al Gore joined with Memphis residents fighting construction of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline, which he called a “reckless, racist, rip-off.”

    By Daja E. Henry March 14, 2021

  • Freedom Preparatory Academy schools to reopen March 8

    Freedom Preparatory Academy charter schools will re-open their school buildings, starting with kindergarten and first- graders, Monday, March 8.

    By Daja E. Henry March 04, 2021

• February 2021

  • Opinion: It’s big oil vs. defiant communities in major environmental dispute

    In this fight, Black people and white people are on the same side. So are local politicians who don’t always agree on matters of public policy.

    By Otis Sanford February 18, 2021

• January 2020

  • Westwood residents get details on proposed oil pipeline

    Landowners affected by the pipeline could expect an offer that is above fair market value, would still own the property and would have few restrictions, but could not build a permanent structure on the land.

    By Elle Perry January 24, 2020

• November 2019

  • Westwood youth shelter planned, apartment owner seeks future assurances

    An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."

    By Elle Perry November 20, 2019

• August 2019

  • A $30M annual investment in MATA would get service to ‘proper levels’

    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.

    By Gary Rosenfeld August 21, 2019

  • Increase bus ridership with more fixed routes, not on-demand service

    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.

    By Johnnie Mosley August 18, 2019