Content Preview
Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here
MTA vote ends contract to run LI Bus
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | A waiting MTA bus sitting by the Rockville Centre station while an east bound train enters the station. (March 1, 2010)
Galleries
LI Bus goes private
For more on this story visit News 12 Long Island
Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials Wednesday voted unanimously to cut ties with Nassau County, clearing the way for a private operator to take over Long Island Bus after nearly four decades of MTA control.
Bus riders, transit advocates and union leaders pleaded for a delay in the vote, urging continued negotiations with Nassau officials, but MTA board members voted to terminate...
Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.
