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To amend title 49, United States Code, to include certain ridership forecasting methods in determinations of whether a project under the fixed guideway capital investment grants program is justified, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Amends the fixed guideway capital investment grants program under title 49 of the United States Code to allow broader ridership forecasting methods for determining project justification.
- Permits ridership forecasting methods that account for population density, population growth rate, and development planning activities in project justification determinations.
- Allows the use of either population density or population growth rate (whichever is most beneficial to the project) rather than limiting to one factor in ridership forecasting.
- Includes current public transportation ridership in the corridor as a factor in ridership forecasting for project justification.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
3 cosponsors
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
Actions (2)
- Jul 23, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jul 23, 2026 Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 23, 2026
Mr. Owens (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Stanton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include certain ridership forecasting methods in determinations of whether a project under the fixed guideway capital investment grants program is justified, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Promoting Access to Transit in High- Growth Communities Act” or the “PATH Act”.
SEC. 2. FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.
Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(2)(B)—
(A) in clause (i) by striking “recipient;” and inserting “recipient, which may include ridership forecasting methods that account for population density, population growth rate, and development planning activities as described in section 20005(b)(2) of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5303 note);”; and
(B) in clause (ii) by striking “population density” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “population density or population growth rate, whichever population factor is most beneficial to ridership forecasting to the project, current public transportation ridership in the corridor, and development planning activities as described in section 20005(b)(2) of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5303 note).”; and
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i) by striking “recipient;” and inserting “recipient, which may include ridership forecasting methods that account for population density, population growth rate, and development planning activities as described in section 20005(b)(2) of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5303 note);”. <all>
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