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Metro Transit presents 2026 budget, requests roughly $47.6 million in local appropriations
Summary
Metro Transit officials presented the agency's 2026 operating and capital budgets to the St. Louis City Transportation and Commerce Committee, outlined a modest operating deficit and requested about $47.6 million in city appropriations while committee members approved three related appropriation bills.
Metro Transit officials told the St. Louis City Transportation and Commerce Committee on a recent morning that the agency's 2026 budget anticipates about $344.2 million in revenue and roughly $334.0 million in operating expenses and that the agency is requesting $47.6 million in local appropriations for the coming year.
The budget presentation, given by Talby Roach, president and CEO of Biostate Development (which operates Metro Transit), and Tammy Fulbright, Metro's chief financial officer, placed projected passenger revenue at about $19.5 million for 2026 and said grant, sales-tax and contractual revenue will be the largest funding source. Roach told the committee the agency seeks to keep operating revenues aligned with local tax growth and to limit requests for additional appropriations.
Agency leaders said the 2026 budget shows a modest operating gap that Metro plans to manage by finding internal efficiencies. "We are dedicated to that at Metro Transit," Roach said during the presentation. CFO Tammy Fulbright detailed line items, saying in budget notes, "So in total for…
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