{"article":{"id":9636,"heading":"Federal Appeals Court rejects MTA's appeal-- Civil Rights Victory for 500,000 Lo","author":"Bus Riders Union","created":"2001-09-05 00:56:53","modified":"2005-08-15 00:38:19","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:38:19","article":"

\"In a major defeat for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a federal appeals court on Friday ordered the transit agency to buy hundreds of new buses to relieve overcrowding throughout Los Angeles County...

\"In a strongly worded 2-1 ruling, the appeals court found that the MTA has failed to comply with a landmark October 1996 consent decree intended to limit the number of passengers who are forced to stand while riding on the agency's buses...\"

























































































































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