Bus Rapid Transit Act
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Bus Rapid Transit Act
This bill directs the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to establish a grant program to provide grants to state, local, and tribal governments for the design and implementation of bus rapid transit systems, including for the redesign, retrofit, renovation, update, and repair of existing bus systems.
As a condition of receiving a grant, eligible entities must certify that fares for riding the bus rapid transit system shall not increase solely due to improvements carried out with grant funds and for any reason for at least one year after completion of a project funded by the bill.
In carrying out the program, the FTA must prioritize projects located in economically disadvantaged communities.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9648: Bus Rapid Transit Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9648/
"H.R. 9648: Bus Rapid Transit Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9648/.
H.R. 9648, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9648/.
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