FTA Seeks Comments on Elderly and Disability Transit Program Data
Published Date: 3/26/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Transit Administration wants to keep collecting info for programs that help elderly folks, people with disabilities, and rural communities get around. They’re asking for public comments by May 26, 2026, but no big changes or new costs are planned. If you or your community rely on these transit programs, now’s the time to speak up!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
5310 funds buses, vans for seniors & disabled
Under 49 U.S.C. 5310, the FTA provides capital assistance for seniors and individuals with disabilities to buy buses and vans and, in selected cases, pay operating costs. The program also includes the ICAM pilot to fund projects that improve coordination of transportation and non-emergency medical transportation like coordination technology and One-Call/One-Click centers.
5311 supports rural & tribal transit
Section 5311 (Formula Grants for Rural Areas) provides capital, planning, and operating assistance to transportation services in rural areas with populations of less than 50,000, and includes the Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) for training and the Tribal Transit Program for federally recognized Indian Tribes. States are the direct recipients of 5311 and RTAP funds.
ICAM pilot funds NEMT coordination projects
The Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility (ICAM) Pilot, administered with Section 5310, helps finance innovative projects that improve coordination of transportation and non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT), such as deploying coordination technology and creating or expanding One-Call/One-Click centers. ICAM is open to Section 5310 recipients and subrecipients.
No change to information collection; no new costs
The FTA is requesting OMB approval to extend, without change, its existing information collection for 49 U.S.C. 5310 and 5311 (OMB No. 2132-0500). The notice states there are no big changes or new costs planned and that the estimated annual respondents are 517 with an estimated total annual burden of 54,133 hours, on a frequency of every two years.
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