Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act
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Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act
This bill requires grant recipients under the public transportation safety program who operate a fixed route bus service to (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program.
DOT shall require grant recipients who operate a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration to (1) develop a risk reduction program for assaults on rail workers to improve safety by reducing the number and severity of assaults on such workers; (2) submit the program to DOT for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program.
A grant recipient shall report to DOT any information on each assault on a transit worker for inclusion in the National Transit Database.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1139: Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1139/
"H.R. 1139: Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1139/.
H.R. 1139, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1139/.
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