The AM/DM podcast: Getting MATA on track?
The Memphis Area Transit Authority has struggled in recent years, with funding, misallocated resources, bad bus schedules and questionable spending.
After beginning his term, Memphis Mayor Paul Young completely overhauled the MATA board once — only to have many of the new board members quit after the administration and the Memphis City Council got involved in the organization’s CEO search.
Now, the beleaguered public transportation agency is headed by an operations trustee, Rodrick Holmes, and the goal is stability.
Enterprise reporter Samuel Hardiman recently got an inside look at the MATA trolley barn and information about the future of the transit authority. Today, he joins us to talk about it.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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