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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
- The bill amends the process for evaluating whether transit projects qualify for federal capital investment grants by expanding the ridership forecasting methods that can be used
- The bill allows ridership forecasts to account for population growth rate in addition to population density when determining if a transit project is justified
- The bill allows ridership forecasts to include considerations of development planning activities and current transit ridership in a corridor
- The bill permits use of whichever population factor is most beneficial to ridership forecasting for transit projects seeking federal funding
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
Actions (2)
- Jul 23, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Jul 23, 2026 Introduced in Senate
Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 23, 2026
Mr. Curtis (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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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