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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equity in Transit Serv-
ice Planning Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EQUITY IN TRANSIT SERVICE PLANNING. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC 
TRANSIT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
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date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall issue nonbinding best 
practices to assist providers of public transpor-
tation in setting the threshold for a major serv-
ice change as described in Circular 4702.1B of 
the Federal Transit Administration. 
(B) SPECIFIC
PROVIDERS
OF
PUBLIC 
TRANSIT.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
term ‘‘providers of public transportation’’ 
means providers that operate 50 or more fixed 
route vehicles in peak service and are located in 
an urbanized area of 200,000 or more in popu-
lation. 
(2) BEST PRACTICES.—In developing the best 
practices described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary— 
(A) shall issue specific recommendations 
for setting the threshold of a major service 
change, which shall include, at a minimum, rec-
ommendations related to— 
(i) changes in hours of operations, in-
cluding consideration of changes during 
nonpeak hours; 
(ii) changes in the frequency of serv-
ice; 
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(iii) changes in coverage, including the 
opening and closing of stations and stops 
and the changing of routes; and 
(iv) the use of route-specific analyses 
in addition to service-area level analyses; 
(B) shall recommend specific percentage 
change standards for the elements described in 
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) to 
assist providers of public transportation in set-
ting the threshold for a major service change in 
a manner that ensures meaningful analyses and 
the provision of equitable service; and 
(C) may issue different best practices for 
providers of public transportation of different 
sizes and service types. 
(b) TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM 
REPORT.— 
(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 3 years after the 
issuance of the best practices described in subsection 
(a), the Transit Cooperative Research Program of 
the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct a 
review of the manner in which providers of public 
transportation define the threshold for a major serv-
ice change for purposes of compliance with Circular 
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4702.1B of the Federal Transit Administration, in-
cluding— 
(A) a survey of the standards used by pro-
viders of public transportation to define the 
threshold for a major service change; 
(B) a review of the differences in stand-
ards used to define the threshold for a major 
service change for providers of public transpor-
tation of different sizes and service types; 
(C) information on the considerations used 
by providers of public transportation when de-
fining the threshold for a major service change; 
and 
(D) the extent to which providers of public 
transportation are using the best practices de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—After the completion of the re-
view described in paragraph (1), the National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall issue a report on the findings 
of the review and submit such report to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
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