Request for Information – Family Friendly Transit Data Initiative
Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Duffy, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is focusing on practical needs—safer systems, cleaner environments, more accessible stations, and more reliable service.
FTA has identified five areas of focus: safety and security; cleanliness; universal accessibility; real-time service data availability; and system reliability. Through a Request for Information (RFI), FTA seeks input from the transit industry and the public about how to assess public transportation service quality across those five areas. FTA will use this information to develop tools to help the public, transit agencies, and all levels of government assess the quality of public transportation service in their communities more directly and identify actions necessary to improve family-friendly service.
To reduce the burden on smaller and rural operators, the RFI focuses on transit systems that serve urbanized areas with 200,000 or more in population; however, input is welcome from all geographic areas and transit service providers.
What's New
On June 4, 2026, FTA published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register soliciting input from the transit industry and the public about how to assess the quality of public transportation of service across five areas: safety and security; cleanliness; universal accessibility; real time service data availability; and system reliability.