To amend section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for certain apportionments to medium-sized transit intensive cities, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · May 13, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
This bill modifies federal transit funding formulas to create a new allocation stream for medium-sized cities with populations between 200,000 and 999,999 that have transit systems performing well. The legislation directs 1.5 percent of certain federal transit funds to these "medium transit-intensive cities" based on how their public transportation systems compare to performance standards set by larger cities with populations of at least one million. Eligible cities must meet or exceed the industry average in at least one of six performance categories, including measures like passenger miles per vehicle, ridership per capita, and overall efficiency metrics. The funding distribution among eligible cities would be based on how many performance categories each city exceeds the industry average in, with data from the national transit database used to calculate annual apportionments. This change aims to help mid-sized cities with effective transit systems access federal resources that were previously available only through formulas focused on larger metropolitan areas.
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