MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A week after Memphis Mayor Paul Young installed a brand new board over the Memphis Area Transit Authority, new board members suspended cuts and fare implementation that had previously been approved.
Before the meeting agenda was read, MATA interim-CEO Barbara Mauldin read an email from Young requesting the administration suspend the fare increase, layoffs and route cuts until Feb. 3, 2025 while the new board attempts to greater understand the issues facing the transit authority.
Young committed to the board that his administration would work with city council to identify additional funding for MATA…