Federal or state funding requires a local capital match and a commitment to fund transit operations at the local level, either publicly or privately. With the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s (PSTA) constrained local funding sources, transit does not include any significant expansion of public transit service beyond what is currently offered by PSTA.
PSTA serves 22 of the 25 municipalities in Pinellas County as well as unincorporated areas (service is not provided within Belleair Beach, Belleair Shores or Kenneth City). PSTA’s network can be generally categorized as a hub-and-spoke system with four major hubs -downtown St. Petersburg, Grand Central Station in St. Petersburg, the Pinellas Park Transit Center, and the Park Street Terminal in downtown Clearwater.