PATH Act

John R. Curtis

Republican · UT · Senator

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• Mark Kelly (D-AZ)Original· 2026-07-23

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

2026-07-23

Source: Congress.gov

The federal government would change how it decides whether to fund major public transportation projects like subway or light rail systems by allowing more flexible methods to predict how many people will actually use them. Currently, the government uses strict forecasting rules that sometimes overestimate ridership, which can lead to rejecting projects that might actually work; this bill would let transportation planners use additional prediction methods to make better decisions about which projects deserve federal funding. This affects cities and transit agencies that want to build new public transportation systems and the communities that depend on them.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5114 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5114 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 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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