The transit community is eager to see how congressional appropriators resolve their differences on transportation funding, as the House pursues legislation that would cut capital spending to its lowest level in decades.
The Senate version of the fiscal 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill would increase transit spending over the current fiscal year.
The House version, in contrast, would cut transit funding by about 8 percent — from $20.9 billion to $19.2 billion. Passenger and freight rail funding would drop from $16.2 billion to $13.6 billion.
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The House bill would squeeze most of its cuts by slashing the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants program to its lowest level in 30 years.
