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Budget committee advances Muni authorization to buy 45 buses and rehabilitate 80 more
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee moved forward a resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to purchase 45 diesel-hybrid buses and rehabilitate up to 80 vehicles; the committee accepted staff assurances about Comptroller controls and advanced the measure to the full Board without objection.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Finance Committee on an unspecified date moved forward a resolution authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA, commonly called Muni) to acquire 45 40-foot diesel-hybrid buses to replace vehicles past their useful life and to rehabilitate up to 80 additional buses.
Sponsor Supervisor Scott Wiener said the authorization would increase the number of usable vehicles and make service more dependable. “It will make the system more reliable. It will make service more dependable,” Wiener said in opening remarks.
Committee members questioned whether the…
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