The Moving Transit Forward Act of 2024 creates a new federal grant program to help public transit systems in cities and urbanized areas improve service and enhance security. Transit agencies can use these grants to increase bus or train service frequency and coverage, plan service improvements, hire security personnel, or address safety risks identified by their safety committees. The bill establishes a formula for distributing federal funds to urbanized areas based on each area's operating expenses, with the federal government covering 80 percent of operating costs and local agencies required to match the remaining 20 percent. Transit systems receiving these grants must maintain their non-federal funding levels for operating and security expenses and cannot use the money to replace public transit service with contracted ride-on-demand services. The legislation does not specify total funding amounts or implementation timelines in the text provided.
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