Federal Transit Extends Data Collection for Good Repair Initiatives
Published Date: 3/26/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Transit Administration wants to keep collecting info for its State of Good Repair Program without changing anything. This affects transit agencies that maintain buses and trains, helping them keep everything running smoothly. If you have thoughts, send them by May 26, 2026—no new costs or rules, just a paperwork extension!
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Funds to Maintain Transit Infrastructure
The State of Good Repair Program provides formula funding to help state and local authorities finance capital projects to maintain public transportation systems, including rolling stock, track, equipment, structures, signals and communications, stations, and maintenance facilities. The notice also describes a Competitive Rail Vehicle Replacement Grant to help finance replacement of rail rolling stock.
Estimated Paperwork Burden
FTA estimates the information collection will involve 68 respondents, 1,097 annual responses, and a total annual burden of 13,729 hours, with submissions occurring annually.
Eligibility Requires 7 Years In Service
Eligible recipients are states, designated recipients, local governmental entities, and Indian tribes that operate fixed-guideway and/or high-intensity motorbus systems in revenue service for at least seven full federal fiscal years prior to the beginning of the federal fiscal year of the apportionment.
Paperwork Continued; No New Rules
The Federal Transit Administration is requesting OMB approve a 3-year extension without change of the State of Good Repair information collection. There are no new costs or rule changes and the public may submit comments by May 26, 2026.
TAM Plan Requirement for Grants
All funding under the State of Good Repair Program, both formula and discretionary, must be for projects included in a grant recipient's Transit Asset Management (TAM) plan.
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