The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched a “Make Travel Family Friendly Again,” with focus on increased access to play and fitness equipment, healthy foods, places for mothers to nurse their children and sensory rooms for people with special needs.
The agency announced $1 billion in funding to incentivize more family-friendly resources in airport terminals. In addition to the federal funding USDOT is providing to enhance physical infrastructure, the group also emphasized the administration’s interest in collaborating with airports and private sector partners to improve access to nutritional food options.
“Bringing about a Golden Age in travel has to involve making the family travel experience happier and healthier,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “Today’s announcement demonstrates the Trump Administration’s commitment to enacting a Family First agenda and improving the lives of the American people.”
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. added that “Everyone who passes through an airport in this country should have access to fresh, whole foods. Secretary Duffy and I are working to ensure our airports set the standard for a future where healthy eating is part of daily life—travel days included.”
