Orange Mound Town Hall THIS Thursday! MBRU Fights for Funding! Oct. Meeting Recap!

[Caption: MBRU met with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to talk funding for MATA!]

Greetings, transit warriors! Our next neighborhood town hall is THIS week! We’ll be at the Orange Mound Community Center (2572 Park) on Thursday, October 18th from 5-7 PM. We wanna talk with residents of Orange Mound, Bethel Grove, and surrounding neighborhoods about how to make MATA service work better for you. Hop on the #57 Park bus and join us!

Also, MBRU is going to bat for more transit funding and more neighborhood bus service! Last week, our Executive Committee met with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to talk about how to make MATA stronger. We want to thank Mayor Harris and his team for supporting public transit in Memphis, and we look forward to working with them on solutions that bus riders can get behind. We’re also getting ready for MATA’s next Board meeting, where they will be voting on a revised list of service changes. We want to be sure that MATA is listening to the community’s needs, so we encourage you to attend on Thursday, October 25th at 3:30 PM. This meeting will be at the Hollywood Community Center (1560 N. Hollywood), and riders can get there on the #32 or #8 bus!

Finally, we had a great time at our October member meeting last Saturday! We got to debrief about last month’s fight against service cuts, talk about new ideas to get MATA dedicated funding, and prepare for our elections coming soon. Our next meeting is November 10th–if you’re passionate about better transportation in Memphis, come find out more about our work or become a member!

***Take MBRU’s new TRANSIT SURVEY! We want to hear from riders all over Memphis about how you use MATA service in your neighborhoods. We’re working on making versions that are accessible for even more Memphians. Take the online version in English here, and here is la encuesta en Español. We’ll also have paper surveys at all our town halls this year!***

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MBRU holds meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 12-2 PM; our next meeting is November 10th at A Step Ahead Foundation, in the Crosstown Concourse. If you have any questions, or you’re interested in joining our work, contact organizer Justin Davis at justin@midsouthpeace.org. And follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see more updates!