MTA Funds
Would the Metropolitan Transportation Authority please explain two apparently contradictory stories in the Jan. 28 Times? In “MTA, Riders Union at Odds Over Funds to Boost Service,” the MTA chief executive says his agency cannot afford to buy the hundreds of buses needed to comply with a federal court order. Yet, in the same issue, there is a story about the MTA selling $125 million in new bonds, and how coveted they are by higher-income Californians.
If the MTA stopped fighting the riders in court, everybody would also save a huge amount of money in lawsuit fees and costs.
VICKY NEWMAN
Los Angeles
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