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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3750 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue best practices for 

providers of public transportation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 8, 2021 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue best 

practices for providers of public transportation. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equity in Transit Serv5 ice Planning Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EQUITY IN TRANSIT SERVICE PLANNING. 

7 (a) BEST PRACTICES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

9 (A) ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC

10 TRANSIT.—Not later than 180 days after the 


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1 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

2 Transportation shall issue nonbinding best 

3 practices to assist providers of public transpor4 tation in setting the threshold for a major serv5 ice change as described in Circular 4702.1B of 

6 the Federal Transit Administration. 

7 (B) SPECIFIC PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC

8 TRANSIT.—For the purposes of this Act, the 

9 term ‘‘providers of public transportation’’ 

10 means providers that operate 50 or more fixed 

11 route vehicles in peak service and are located in 

12 an urbanized area of 200,000 or more in popu13 lation. 

14 (2) BEST PRACTICES.—In developing the best 

15 practices described in paragraph (1), the Sec16 retary— 

17 (A) shall issue specific recommendations 

18 for setting the threshold of a major service 

19 change, which shall include, at a minimum, rec20 ommendations related to— 

21 (i) changes in hours of operations, in22 cluding consideration of changes during 

23 nonpeak hours; 

24 (ii) changes in the frequency of serv25 ice; 


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1 (iii) changes in coverage, including the 

2 opening and closing of stations and stops 

3 and the changing of routes; and 

4 (iv) the use of route-specific analyses 

5 in addition to service-area level analyses; 

6 (B) shall recommend specific percentage 

7 change standards for the elements described in 

8 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) to 

9 assist providers of public transportation in set10 ting the threshold for a major service change in 

11 a manner that ensures meaningful analyses and 

12 the provision of equitable service; and 

13 (C) may issue different best practices for 

14 providers of public transportation of different 

15 sizes and service types. 

16 (b) TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM

17 REPORT.— 

18 (1) REVIEW.—Not later than 3 years after the 

19 issuance of the best practices described in subsection 

20 (a), the Transit Cooperative Research Program of 

21 the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct a 

22 review of the manner in which providers of public 

23 transportation define the threshold for a major serv24 ice change for purposes of compliance with Circular 


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1 4702.1B of the Federal Transit Administration, in2 cluding— 

3 (A) a survey of the standards used by pro4 viders of public transportation to define the 

5 threshold for a major service change; 

6 (B) a review of the differences in stand7 ards used to define the threshold for a major 

8 service change for providers of public transpor9 tation of different sizes and service types; 

10 (C) information on the considerations used 

11 by providers of public transportation when de12 fining the threshold for a major service change; 

13 and 

14 (D) the extent to which providers of public 

15 transportation are using the best practices de16 scribed in subsection (a). 

17 (2) REPORT.—After the completion of the re18 view described in paragraph (1), the National Acad19 emy of Sciences shall issue a report on the findings 

20 of the review and submit such report to the Com21 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

23 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

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