DOT Publishes National Strategy for TDI RFI Notice

 Today, the DOT’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) published a request for information (RFI) in the Federal Register (91 FR 5150-5151) on “Request for Information-Research To Support Establishing a National Strategy for Transportation Digital Infrastructure”. This RFI is seeking public and stakeholder input on the research and development activities needed to modernize the nation's transportation system through the application of digital infrastructure at scale.

The RFI is looking for responses to questions in four key topic areas:

• Research, Development and Deployment,

• System Architecture, Interoperability and Standards,

• Artificial Intelligence and Automation, and

• Data Governance, Privacy, and Cybersecurity.

The last topic area includes two specific cybersecurity related questions:

The last topic area includes two specific cybersecurity related questions:

What data governance principles, access controls, and cybersecurity measures are needed to ensure trust, accountability, and privacy?

How should U.S. DOT apply the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to TDI development and deployment?

In my opinion there should be an additional cybersecurity question added:

“Should DOT seek to establish a TDI related vulnerability disclosure process, or should it actively promote the use of CISA’s vulnerability reporting process.”

OST-R is soliciting public feedback. They request submissions be made in MS Word format and sent via email to DI-Strategy-RFI@dot.gov. Comments should be submitted by March 6^th, 2026