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MATA secures $76.3M in federal funding for long-planned public transit upgrades

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 24, 2022 5:35 AM CT | Published: August 23, 2022 9:08 PM CT
<strong>Trolly consultants help MATA test the Siemens&ndash;Duewag U2 car on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, on the Madison line.&nbsp;MATA&rsquo;s trolley line on Madison Avenue has been down for eight years because two trolley cars burst into flames without warning.</strong> (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)

Trolly consultants help MATA test the Siemens–Duewag U2 car on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, on the Madison line. MATA’s trolley line on Madison Avenue has been down for eight years because two trolley cars burst into flames without warning. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)

When U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen hosts the Federal Transit administrator Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Memphis Area Transit Authority’s maintenance shop and head office in North Memphis, the good and the bad will be on display.

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