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)
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LI Bus goes private
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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...
