This bill renames and expands a transit-oriented development planning pilot into a grant program. It changes what projects can get grants to include new fixed guideway projects, fixed guideway bus rapid transit, and corridor-based capital work on existing fixed guideway systems. It adds a definition of "predevelopment activities" that covers planning, site checks, engineering and architectural design, community engagement, feasibility studies, utility coordination, accessibility assessments, and other work to prepare a site. The bill adds predevelopment activities to eligible uses, and explicitly directs grants to improve access to transit and transit-oriented development sites for people of all ages and abilities, including people with disabilities, seniors, veterans, and transit-dependent populations. The bill also moves the program text into subsection (s) of 49 U.S.C. 5303 and authorizes $75,000,000 each year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, in addition to amounts under section 5338.
The bill explicitly authorizes $75,000,000 to be appropriated for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031, in addition to any amounts under section 5338. No publicly available information on total program costs, required matching funds, or long-term fiscal effects beyond this authorization is included in the bill text.
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