MTA TO MULL BUYING NEARLY 200 BUSES.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer The 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. board today will consider spending $125 million to buy nearly 200 buses to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. a court order mandating better service as part of its 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. with the Bus Riders Union. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority proposes spending $79 million for 94 articulated buses Articulated buses, also known as tandem buses, bendy buses or accordion buses in the UK and US, are a type of bus with an increased passenger capacity. - the double-long coaches that seat more passengers than standard buses - and at least $45 million on 100 smaller buses. The MTA said the procurements would satisfy a court order issued in April to buy 134 express buses, as well as a 2004 mandate to replace existing buses that need to be retired. ``We're going to buy what we need to,'' MTA spokesman Marc Littman said. ``We have to comply.'' But the Bus Riders Union, whose suit a decade ago led to the settlement agreement, said the latest plan is inadequate and that it will urge the MTA board, chaired by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , to reject it. ``This plan comes up completely short,'' said BRU organizer Miguel Criollo Criollo native Spanish-American light horse or riding pony. Includes a number of ethnic varieties, e.g. Argentine Criollo. Any color, 13.3 to 15 hands high. Originated from a mixture of Arab, Barb and Andalusian. . The group also said the MTA remains far behind in buying dozens of replacement buses and insists that more than 200 buses would be needed to satisfy both court orders. The MTA's older fleet and poor service prompted the BRU's suit, which said riders were suffering on 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. buses as the agency focused on building rail lines. The suit was settled with the consent decree, which expires next year. But Criollo said the BRU could consider asking the court to extend the decree if the MTA does not fully respond to this latest order or commit to continued improvements. ``How this board moves (Thursday) will open up how we proceed.'' But transit advocate Bart Reed said the MTA has done enough. ``I believe that MTA has gone beyond the call of duty to meet the consent decree ... The BRU has twisted the truth way beyond acceptable reality.'' Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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