Medium Transit Intensive Cities Authorization Act of 2026

More transit money for medium cities

The bill would set aside 1.5% of formula transit money not apportioned under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 49 U.S.C. §5336(h) for medium-sized urban areas. The Secretary of Transportation would award this money to urbanized areas with 200,000–999,999 people that meet or exceed the industry average in at least one of six performance categories. The six categories are passenger miles per vehicle revenue mile; passenger miles per vehicle revenue hour; vehicle revenue miles per capita; vehicle revenue hours per capita; passenger miles per capita; and passengers per capita. Each eligible area's share would equal the number of categories it meets or exceeds divided by the total such category counts across all eligible areas, using National Transit Database data for that fiscal year.