MATA ‘Transit Vision’ funding clears first county hurdle

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 24, 2022 9:58 AM CT | Published: May 23, 2022 8:42 PM CT

There were seven votes on the county commission for the first of three readings on creating the first dedicated source of recurring local funding for the city-owned bus system. But there are amendments ahead. 

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Shelby County Commission Memphis Area Transit Authority Transit Vision PILOTs Edmund Ford Jr.

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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