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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.
Key claim: HR9926 would amend Title 49 to include certain ridership forecasting methods in determinations of whether fixed-guideway Capital Investment Grant projects are justified.
Abstract
(HR9926 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-07-23): Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Why this matters
Ridership forecasts drive the FTA’s project-justification ratings that determine which fixed-guideway transit projects (light rail, BRT, streetcar, commuter rail) qualify for federal Capital Investment Grant funding. Codifying specific forecasting methods in statute would constrain FTA methodology discretion and could shift which projects clear the justification threshold, affecting the pipeline of federally funded transit builds.