Better Transit for Riders Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10662 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10662 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration to convene a task force on establishing benchmarks for transit operations and coordination, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 1, 2026 Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration to convene a task force on establishing benchmarks for transit operations and coordination, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Better Transit for Riders Act''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING BENCHMARKS FOR TRANSIT AGENCY COORDINATION. (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration shall convene a task force to provide recommendations regarding benchmarks for urbanized areas (as such term is defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code) for-- (1) best practices on the allocation and use of transit funds, including ranges or consideration for investment across categories such as capital modernization, state of good repair, infrastructure expansion, operations, workforce and labor costs, safety improvements, and resiliency; (2) best practices regarding the composition of transit agency funding sources, including roles of Federal, state, local and farebox revenues, public-private partnerships, value capture, and other dedicated funding mechanisms; (3) indicators of effective transit coordination within the same