

FTA investigates complaints on the basis of intentional discrimination or on the basis of disparate impact discrimination, where a neutral policy or practice has the effect of disproportionately excluding or adversely affecting minority beneficiaries or other protected individuals and the recipient's practice lacks a substantial legitimate justification.

Under the Executive Order on Environmental Justice and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Order to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, a member of the public, a group of people, or their representatives can file an administrative complaint against a recipient of financial assistance from FTA, a transportation provider, a transportation-related entity, or FTA itself alleging discrimination and/or adverse environmental effects, including social and economic effects, against a specific minority or low-income community or population group, due to a project or activity funded or carried out by DOT.

Individuals and organizations may file a complaint by completing the following Title VI Complaint Form (pdf).


Federal Transit Administration Office of Civil Rights
Attention: Title VI Program Coordinator
East Building, 5th Floor - TCR
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20590

FTA strives to promptly investigate the complaints received. At the conclusion of our investigation, we will transmit a letter of finding to the complainant and the recipient. If our investigation determines that the recipient is not in violation of Title VI, our letters will explain why the recipient was found in compliance. If we determine that a recipient is in violation of Title VI, our letters will document the violation and instruct the recipient to take action to come into compliance.
