PATH Act

Burgess Owens

Republican · UT · Representative

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• Dina Titus (D-NV-1)Original· 2026-07-23
• Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4)Original· 2026-07-23
• Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3)Original· 2026-07-23

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

2026-07-23

Source: Congress.gov

The proposal would change how the federal government decides whether to fund major public transportation projects like subway or light rail systems by allowing planners to use additional methods for predicting how many people will actually ride these systems. Currently, the government relies on specific forecasting approaches, and this bill would expand the tools available to make those predictions more accurate and flexible. This affects cities and transit agencies that apply for federal grants to build or expand public transportation infrastructure.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9926 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9926 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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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