Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2005

H.R. 959, the Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2005, would have allowed smaller transit systems in large urban areas to use federal formula grants for daily operating expenses. Under the rules at the time, cities with populations over 200,000 were generally restricted to using these federal funds for capital projects, such as buying new buses or building facilities, rather than for fuel or driver salaries. This bill sought to grant an exception for transit systems within those large areas that operated fewer than 100 buses during peak hours, providing them with more flexibility to maintain and run their existing services.