MATA begins long push for public buy-in of ‘innovation corridor’
Debate continues on creating a high-frequency eight-mile bus corridor between Downtown and the University of Memphis. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
A public comment session Monday at the Central Library drew several dozen people and plenty of reminders of the city's long-running debate about the bus system run by the Memphis Area Transit Authority. The corridor has almost all of the $74 million to build the Union and Poplar corridor that would start operations in 2024.
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Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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