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Keeping Bay Area public transit on track, MTC review finds agencies cut $1B in costs
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission last week unanimously approved the first phase of the Financial Efficiency Review, an independent audit of public transit agencies looking to receive funds from a proposed regional sales tax measure under Senate Bill 63 in November. The audit found the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, BART, Caltrain and the San Francisco Municipal […] The post Keeping Bay Area public transit on track, MTC review finds agencies cut $1B in costs appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Keeping Bay Area public transit on track, MTC review finds agencies cut $1B in costs, The Metropolitan Transportation Commission last week unanimously approved the first phase of the Financial Efficiency Review, an independent audit of public transit agencies looking to receive funds from a proposed regional sales tax measure under Senate Bill 63 in November. The audit found the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, BART, Caltrain and the San Francisco Municipal […] The post Keeping Bay Area public transit on track, MTC review finds agencies cut $1B in costs appeared first on Local News Matters .
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