Memphis Area Transit Authority riders have long said that buses don’t come on time and sometimes don’t show up at all.
Their complaints were validated last month, when MATA’s interim leadership revealed that the previous leadership had made secret route cuts starting in April 2024 without board approval. The cut trips, which impacted most routes, stayed on the schedule for months, deliberately misleading the public.
Now, the new board and consulting firm TransPro have a plan, already approved by the board, to gradually bring back the missing trips with the goal of fully restoring service to pre-cuts levels by July…