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WeGo board approves $30 million operating budget increase tied to 'Choose How You Move' funding
Summary
The Nashville MTA (WeGo) board approved the fiscal year 2026 operating budget that grows roughly 23%, funded largely by the mayor's Choose How You Move sales-tax program. The plan includes a low-income fare program, expanded security spending and reserves; federal pandemic relief funds are exhausted.
The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority board on June 25 approved the fiscal year 2026 operating budget, a plan officials said represents a 22.8% increase over the current year — just under $30 million — driven primarily by local funding from Mayor John Cooper's Choose How You Move transportation program.
The budget matters because it channels newly dedicated local revenue into operating needs that had previously relied on federal formula or pandemic-relief funds, funds agency staff said are now depleted. "This operating budget would represent a 23% increase from the current fiscal year or just under $30,000,000," staff said during the meeting.
Steve Bland, staff member, presented the plan and said the budget is the first full year to include revenues generated through the Choose How You Move program. Bland described…
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