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This bill would require the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to study the costs and benefits of commuter rail service that lets passengers stay on the same train instead of making a transfer. The study would look at the biggest barriers to offering these “one-seat rides,” including economic, practical, and quality-of-life issues. It would also examine a specific New Jersey Transit route and how direct service on that line could affect other transit lines. The Secretary would then have to send a report to Congress within one year.
- The study must look at the advantages of commuter rail trips that do not require passengers to change trains.
- It must review the main obstacles to adding more direct trips and consider how these changes could affect costs, operations, and riders’ daily lives.
- The bill specifically asks for an analysis of peak-hour direct service on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley line and how that service might affect other New Jersey Transit lines.
- The Transportation Secretary must submit the report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee within 1 year after the bill becomes law.
Official Summaries
One Seat Ride Act
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation and major obstacles to providing commuter rail passenger transportation that does not involve a transfer for passengers. The study must consider economic, logistical, and quality of life factors. It must also include a cost-benefit analysis of single-seat trips on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley line during peak hours and the impact such trips would have on other New Jersey Transit lines.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1478 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1478
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the
costs and benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation involving
transfers, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Mr. Kean (for himself and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the
costs and benefits of commuter rail passenger transportation involving
transfers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``One Seat Ride Act''.
SEC. 2. STUDY ON COMMUTER SERVICE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a
study identifying the benefits of commuter rail passenger
transportation and major obstacles to providing commuter rail passenger
transportation that does not involve a transfer for passengers.
(b) Requirements.--In conducting the study under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall--
(1) consider economic, logistical, and quality of life
factors in analyzing the major obstacles to implementing
single-seat trips on commuter rail passenger transportation for
as many passengers as possible; and
(2) include in such study an analysis of the costs and
benefits with respect to single-seat trips on commuter rail
passenger transportation on the New Jersey Transit Raritan
Valley line during peak hours and the impact such trips would
have on other New Jersey Transit lines.
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the study
required under subsection (a).
(d) Commuter Rail Passenger Transportation Defined.--In this
section, the term ``commuter rail passenger transportation'' has the
meaning given such term in section 24102 of title 49, United States
Code.
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