Transportation service between cities. Under FTA's 49 USC Section 5311 (f), intercity transportation service must receive no less than 15 percent of each state's total Section 5311 funding, unless a state's governor certifies that these needs are already being met. The intercity bus program was created to provide funding for service connections between nonurbanized areas and the larger regional or national system of intercity bus service. The funding provided under this Section may also be used for building or purchasing intermodal facilities and for marketing and planning assistance for the support of the intercity network system.