1.This Act may be cited as the
Modernizing Public Transit Act of
2011
.
2.Capital
investment grants for public transportation projects
(a)Project
justification for new start projectsSection 5309(d)(3) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended—
(1)in subparagraph
(F) by inserting urban and
before suburban
sprawl
;
(2)by redesignating
subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K) as subparagraphs (J), (K), and (M),
respectively;
(3)by inserting after
subparagraph (H) the following:
(I)population density, land use, proposed land
use, and local development goals along the project corridor and along transit
corridors connecting with the project, including bus, bus rapid transit, and
rail
;
(4)by striking
and
at the end of subparagraph (K) (as redesignated by paragraph
(2) of this subsection); and
(5)by inserting after
subparagraph (K) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) the
following:
(L)estimated reductions in transit times for
passengers of the existing transit system as a result of the project;
and
.
(b)Project
justification for small start projectsSection 5309(e)(4) of such
title is amended—
(1)in subparagraph
(A) by inserting or proposed local land use policies
before
and is likely
;
(2)by striking
and
at the end of subparagraph (D);
(3)by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (H); and
(4)by inserting after
subparagraph (D) the following:
(E)consider the population density, land use,
proposed land use, and local development goals along transit corridors
connecting with the project, including bus, bus rapid transit, and rail;
(F)consider the impacts of urban and suburban
sprawl;
(G)consider estimated reductions in transit
times for passengers of the existing transit system as a result of the project;
and
.