Call for $15M in MATA funding comes with push for regional transit authority
MATA president and CEO Gary Rosenfeld says the cost of maintaining MATA services as they are will go up $15.4 million in the new fiscal year. He pitched a longer term transition to a “regional transit authority” at a weekend retreat of city council members and county commissioners. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)
MATA president and CEO Gary Rosenfeld called for a regional transit authority that could raise its own funding across a larger area and possibly move into street repairs and other “mobility” issues.
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