BUS DRIVERS, RIDERS BLAST PROPOSED MTA CUTS.Byline: Eric Moses Daily News Staff Writer During a public hearing Thursday on the proposed $2.51 billion MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. budget, bus drivers and public transportation passengers urged board members to restore funding for transit police and keep open the transit library housed at the downtown headquarters. The hearing was the first opportunity for the public to comment on Chief Executive Officer Julian Burke's balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. . Burke did not attend the meeting, but will be present for Wednesday's meeting at which the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board will consider the 1998-99 spending plan. The transit agency, which last year disbanded its own police bureau in favor of contracting with the Los Angeles Police and county Sheriff's departments, has proposed slashing its budget for LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. services, from $27.8 million to $20.8 million. An MTA spokesman said the agency is negotiating with the law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). to determine the necessary staffing levels. The library, which has been cited as one of the best repositories of transportation materials in the nation, is slated to be closed to save $244,000. A member of the Bus Riders Union said the spending plan fails to adequately meet the needs of the overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. and aging bus fleet, while at the same time spending large amounts on the Alameda Corridor and the subway extension to North Hollywood. |
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