REPRESENTATIVES MOORE, CARBAJAL LEAD BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO SUPPORT TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE IN MID-SIZED CITIES

Washington, May 18 -- Representative Blake Moore issued the following press release:

Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide more federal support for transportation infrastructure in medium-sized cities.

The Medium Transit Intensive Cities (MTIC) Authorization Act creates a new Medium Transit Intensive Cities category within the Section 5307 transit-funding program. The program would be modeled on the successful Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) formula but designed for medium-sized urban areas with 200,000 to 999,999 residents.

While medium-sized urban areas often provide transit service comparable in quality and intensity to large metropolitan systems, the current fe...