MTA COULD AVOID HIKING FARES, BOARD TOLD.Byline: Eric Moses Daily News Staff Writer A bus fare Noun 1. bus fare - the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar carfare fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance hike would be necessary only if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority failed to revise its workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. program, the transit agency's No. 2 official told the board of directors Monday. ``We're optimistic that we can identify some specific savings to cover that,'' said Allan Lipsky, 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. deputy chief executive officer. Other savings would come from cuts in administrative overhead and other ideas recommended by groups of MTA employees, Lipsky told the board in a special meeting. MTA Chief Executive Officer Julian Burke did not attend because he was on vacation. Organizers of the Bus Riders Union, which successfully sued to force the MTA to reduce overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. and increase the number of buses in its fleet, were pleased with the news, but said the agency's $2.51 billion spending blueprint does not go far enough in improving bus service. Union organizer Eric Mann said the MTA's plans to add 169 buses in the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1, is well short of the 1,600 he believes are needed to alleviate overcrowding. Plus, with the suspension of subway and light rail construction in Pasadena, Mid City, East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. and across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , Mann said the agency may wind up with more passengers than the buses can handle and subsequently be in violation of the federal court consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. . ``We think the court's going to require them.'' MTA officials had planned to raise the $1.35 price for cash fares and tokens by a dime, beginning Nov. 1. The increase was expected to raise $5 million in revenues, though Lipsky said in an interview last week that the fare hike would bring in $7 million. Still, the budget proposal the board is expected to vote on June 24 will include anticipated revenues from the fare hike. However, Lipsky said the higher fare could not be charged without a public hearing and board approval. |
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