Medium Transit Intensive Cities Authorization Act of 2026

This bill amends federal law to create a new funding stream for medium-sized transit-intensive cities . It designates 1.5 percent of certain unapportioned federal transit funds specifically for urbanized areas with populations ranging from 200,000 to 999,999. This new allocation aims to support public transportation systems in these mid-sized urban centers. The funds will be apportioned based on a formula that evaluates an eligible area's performance against industry averages observed in larger urbanized areas (populations of 1,000,000 or more). Eligibility requires meeting or exceeding the industry average in at least one of several defined performance categories , which include: Passenger miles traveled per vehicle revenue mile or hour Vehicle revenue miles or hours per capita Passenger miles traveled per capita Passengers per capita The Secretary will use data from the national transit database to calculate these apportionments, rewarding efficiency and ridership in these transit systems.