Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Build Up the Suburbs Act” or the “BUS Act”.
Build Up the Suburbs Act
A BILL
To increase the project cap for certain small starts projects, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), and (24) as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), and (25), respectively;
by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
“(7) Express lane transit system—The term “express lane transit system” means a public transportation facility that—
“(A) utilizes an integrated combination of bus rapid transit and tolled managed lanes; and
“(B) allows for limited access entry of toll paying vehicles to restricted lanes, while prioritizing transit’s need and use of available capacity in order to improve transit performance.”
in paragraph (8), as so redesignated—
in subparagraph (D) by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
in subparagraph (E) by striking the period and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(G) for express lane transit system.”
Sec. 3 Fixed guideway capital investment grants
Sec. 4 Nationally significant freight and highway projects
Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(o) Priority—In selecting projects under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that include multimodal public transportation components.”