Sec. 2201. Multi-jurisdictional bus frequency and ridership competitive grants
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Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5307 the following new section: The Secretary shall make grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to eligible recipients to increase the frequency and ridership of public transit buses. To be eligible for a grant under this section, an eligible recipient shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
Not later than 90 days after amounts are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall solicit grant applications from eligible recipients for projects described in subsection (d). An eligible recipient of a grant under this section shall use such grant for capital projects that— increase— the frequency of bus service; bus ridership; and total person throughput; and are consistent with, and as described in, the design guidance issued by the National Association of City Transportation Officials and titled Transit Street Design Guide .
In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall consider the following: Each eligible recipient’s projected increase in bus frequency. Each eligible recipient’s projected increase in bus ridership. Each eligible recipient’s projected increase in total person throughput. The degree of regional collaboration described in each eligible recipient’s application, including collaboration with— a local government entity that operates a public transportation service; local government agencies that control street design; metropolitan planning organizations (as such term is defined in section 5303); and State departments of transportation.
The Secretary shall award grants under this section not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary completes the solicitation described in subsection (c). In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall— not later than the date described in subsection (c), publish in the Federal Register a list of all metrics and evaluation procedures to be used in making grants under this section; and publish in the Federal Register— a summary of the final metrics and evaluations used in making grants under this section; and a list of the ratings of eligible recipients receiving a grant under this section based on such metrics and evaluations.
The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section shall not exceed 80 percent. The Secretary may make a grant for a project under this section in an amount up to 150 percent of the amount— provided for such project under title 23; and provided for such project from non-Federal funds budgeted for roadways. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a grant under this section shall be subject to the requirements of section 5307. Amounts made available to carry out this section shall remain available for 4 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the amount was made available.
After the expiration of the period described in paragraph
(1)for an amount made available to carry out this section, any unobligated amounts made available to carry out this section shall be added to the amounts made available for the following fiscal year. In this section, the term eligible recipient means a recipient of a grant under section 5307 in an urbanized area with a population greater than 500,000. . The analysis for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5307 the following new item: 5308. Multi-jurisdictional bus frequency and ridership competitive grants. .