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MATA reports 18% ridership increase during free‑fare period, trims budget gap to $4M
Summary
Interim MATA leadership said two weeks of free fares produced an 18% systemwide ridership increase and that targeted safety deployments reduced incidents by about 50%; trustees said procurement and maintenance actions and renegotiations have narrowed a projected FY26 shortfall from $16.5M to about $4M.
Memphis Area Transit Authority trustees and interim managers told council committees on Dec. 2 that the agency has recorded a notable uptick in ridership, progress on safety and a substantial reduction of its budget gap over the past 90 days.
"In the first 2 weeks of free fare, it has been extremely successful," Roderick Holmes, a trustee, said. MATA reported an…
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