better coordinate public and private sector-provided public transportation services;

promote more effective utilization of private sector expertise, financing, and operational capacity to deliver costly and complex new fixed guideway capital projects; and

promote transparency and public understanding of public-private partnerships affecting public transportation.

provide technical assistance to recipients of Federal transit grant assistance, at the request of a recipient, on practices and methods to best utilize private providers of public transportation; and

educate recipients of Federal transit grant assistance on laws and regulations under this chapter that impact private providers of public transportation.

identify best practices for public-private partnerships models in the United States and in other countries;

develop standard public-private partnership transaction model contracts; and

perform financial assessments that include the calculation of public and private benefits of a proposed public-private partnership transaction.

the eligibilities, requirements, or priorities for assistance provided under this chapter; or

the requirements of section 5306(a).