Metro - File #: 2026-0473

• File #: 2026-0473
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/17/2026
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 7/16/2026
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE July 2026 Federal and State Legislative Report.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, Capital Project, Federal Transit Administration, Grant Aid, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Housing, Informational Report, Metro Center Street Project, New Starts Program, Olympic games, Program, Project, Safety and security, Security, Senate Bill 2320, Transit buses, United States Department Of Transportation, Witnesses

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JULY 16, 2026

Subject
SUBJECT: FEDERAL AND STATE REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE July 2026 Federal and State Legislative Report.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations, Executive Officer: Federal Affairs

Chair Bass and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on several key federal matters of interest to the agency. This report was prepared on July 2, 2026, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on July 16, 2026. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.

Federal Transit Administration: Vermont Bus Rapid Transit Project

In May, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) allocated Capital Investment Grant Program funds, including federal funding for our Vermont Bus Rapid Transit Project. The Fiscal Year 2026 transportation spending bill, enacted on February 3, 2026, included $149.9 million under the Capital Investment Grants Small Starts program for the Vermont Bus Rapid Transit Project. When this project is constructed and operational, it will have the highest ridership of any Bus Rapid Transit service in the United States. This project is also a key transit component of Metro's mobility plans for the upcoming 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Metro projects that the Vermont Bus Rapid Transit Project will serve over 66,200 daily riders along one of LA County's busiest transportation corridors. According to the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation's report on Measure M, the Vermont BRT Project will create over 4,800 jobs and generate over $95 million in tax revenue.

Surface Transportation Authorization Legislation

In late May, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved...