House Passes Record-Setting Transit Appropriations Bill

On July 23, the House passed its version of HR 3288, the FY 2010 Transportation and HUD appropriations bill. Within the federal transit program, here are some of the funding levels as approved by the House:

• Section 5305 statewide and metropolitan transit planning grants: $113.5 million
• Section 5307 urban transit formula grants (including funds apportioned per Section 5340): $4.8 billion
• Section 5308 clean fuels bus grants: $61.5 million
• Section 5309 bus and bus facility grants: $584.0 million
• Section 5309 fixed guideway modernization grants: $1.8 billion
• Section 5309 fixed guideway capital projects: $1.8 billion
• Section 5310 elderly and persons with disabilities transit formula grants: $140.7 million
• Section 5311 rural transit formula grants (including funds apportioned per Section 5340): $607.0 million
• Section 5316 job access and reverse commute formula grants: $164.5 million
• Section 5317 new freedom formula grants: $92.5 million
• Section 5320 transit in parks and public lands: $26.9 million
• Section 5335 funds for national transit database program management: $3.5 million
• Section 5339 new fixed guideway alternatives analysis grants: $25.0 million
• Over-the-road bus accessibility grants: $10.8 million
• Transit research programs (including TCRP, NTI, university research, etc.): $65.7 million
• Supplemental grant to WMATA: $150.0 million
• FTA administrative expenses: $97.5 million

Action on this bill now turns to the Senate, whose transportation appropriations subcommittee drafted its version of this bill in a July 29 markup.
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