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DTS outlines $501 million FY27 budget; council presses for revenue options including advertising and parking
Summary
The Department of Transportation Services presented a roughly $501 million FY27 operating budget and outlined division-level needs, Skyline operating costs, Holo card reprocurement plans and potential revenue strategies such as exterior advertising and expanded Park-and-Ride fees.
The Department of Transportation Services (DTS) briefed the Committee on Budget on March 11 on its FY27 operating and capital requests, explaining division-level budgets, service costs and near-term priorities.
DTS Director Roger Morton said the department’s proposed operating budget is about $501 million. “Our budget is about 500, $501 million,” Morton told the committee, with the Skyline operating allocation listed at $123.9 million and bus and handy‑van operations accounting for roughly $351 million of the total.
Why it matters: DTS budgets fund daily transit operations, maintenance for Skyline and buses, and safety and signal investments; the department also controls services that HART will transfer when rail segments open.
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