On-demand ride service coming to Downtown, Medical District, New Chicago
A passenger hops onto the Main Street Trolley in Downtown Memphis on Thursday, Oct. 29. Three Memphis agencies are partners in providing an on-demand, ride-sharing service that will operate within Downtown, New Chicago and the Medical District. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A 7.5-square-mile area will be served by a fleet of passenger vans that fill the big gap between fixed-route buses and the personal, more expensive rides from taxis and Uber.
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Downtown Memphis Commission Memphis Medical District Collaborative MATA Transit Vision LyftTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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